ALLEN ORGAN CO
8-K, 1995-08-03
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      UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C. 20549
                              
                          FORM 8-K
                              
                       CURRENT REPORT
                              
 Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
                         Act of 1934



Date of Report:           August 2, 1995
                (Date of earliest event reported)



                    Allen Organ Company
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



       Pennsylvania               0-275             23-1263194
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission        (IRS Employer 
    of incorporation)          File Number)     Identification No.)



150 Locust Street, P.O. Box 36, Macungie, Pennsylvania    18062-0036
    (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)



                           610-966-2200
          (Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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Item 1-4  Not Applicable

Item 5    Other Events

          The Allen Organ Company (NASDAQ - AORGB) today
          announced that on August 1, 1995 it completed the
          purchase of the assets of VIR, Inc. and two
          related companies in exchange for $7,655,000.  The
          purchase price was made up of 24,390 shares of
          Allen Organ stock valued at approximately
          $1,000,000, notes totaling $2,980,000 and
          $3,675,000 in cash.  The company previously
          announced on June 7, 1995 that it had agreed in
          principle to make this purchase.
          
          Allen Organ is the worlds largest manufacturer of
          digital electronic church organs.  Allen Organ
          Company also produces contract electronic
          assemblies.  The company's 1994 annual sales were
          $28,842,789.
          
          VIR, Inc., Southampton, PA, is a fifteen-year-old
          company which designs, develops and manufactures
          proprietary products for the data communications
          industry, primarily main frame computer
          applications.  The company's products are
          considered the most technologically advanced in
          the industry.  The company's 1994 annual sales
          were $3,829,724.
          
          Eastern Research Inc., Moorestown, NJ, began its
          operations in January 1993.  The company designs,
          manufactures and markets data communications
          hardware and software for local and wide area
          network applications.  The company's 1994 annual
          sales were $1,440,728.
          
          Linear Switch Corporation, Moorestown, NJ, was
          founded in 1993.  The company has developed a
          small, high speed data communications matrix
          switch capable of operating in a local or wide
          area network environment.  Product manufacture and
          marketing have begun in 1995.
          
          Allen Organ Company believes that its state of the
          art manufacturing capabilities and capital
          structure will prove to be a compliment to these
          diverse high technology companies.

Item 6-8  Not Applicable

                         Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
                                     ALLEN ORGAN COMPANY

Date:    August 2, 1995               STEVEN MARKOWITZ
                                   Steven Markowitz, President



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