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Lakeland, Florida, 1975-1985.
Classification: Builder

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November 23, 2019:

From Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, November 22, 2019. —

Schumacher closed the firm in Lakeland in the late 1980s and moved to Daytona Beach, Florida. He continued doing mostly service work in Florida for a few more years, retiring around 1997. He continued as a church musician until 2016, retiring from St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Daytona Beach where he had directed the choir and his wife had been organist.

Source:

  • Conversations between Richard Schumacher and Editor Stephen Hall, 2015-2016.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on November 23, 2019.
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). —

Born 1931 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; graduate of Concordia College; with Dennis Klug in Lakeland, Florida, 1974; associated with Wicks firm; partner with Klug in Klug & Schumacher of Lakeland, Florida, 1975-1983; became sole owner of firm upon death of Klug; active in 1985.

Source:

  • Correspondence of David H. Fox.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on November 22, 2019.

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