Co-founder of Rodgers Instrument Company Passes Away

Fred Tinker, co-founder of Rodgers Instrument Company, has passed away. He was 93 years old.

Tinker and his partner Rodgers Jenkins formed the Rodger Instrument Company in 1958. The partnership began when their church asked if they’d join the team to help purchase an organ. Tinker and Rodgers decided to build one instead. Over the years, their company introduced many innovative products, including being the first to use transistors in a musical instrument. Tinker not only led the engineering department, he also hired many key engineers over the years, including George Kirkwood.