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Distinction:

Roselle, New Jersey, 1898; Alliance, Ohio, c. 1900; succeeded by A. R. Schopp & Sons, 1954.
Classification: Organ Supplier

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August 26, 2015:

For further information, see: A. R. Schopp & Sons Inc.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Partnership of Leonhard Gutfleisch and August R. Schopp (both previously with the Roosevelt firm of New York City, New York) in Roselle, New Jersey, 1898, pipemakers; the firm was relocated to Alliance, Ohio, c. 1900; it was succeeded by A. R. Schopp & Sons Inc., 1954.

Staff: Harvey Schopp; Robert Schopp; Frank Schuster; Frank Swain; Almer Wolpert; John Wolpert.

Sources:

  • The Diapason December 1923, 30.
  • The Diapason January 1931, 44.
  • David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 159.
  • David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 898.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 29, 2019.

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