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Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling View Extant Instruments View Instruments

Distinction:

Cleveland, Ohio 1914-1951; succeeded by Holtkamp Organ Co.
Classification: Builder

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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). —

Succeeded Votteler-Hettche firm; established by Henry B. Votteler, Henry H. Holtkamp, and Alan G. Sparling, 1914; succeeded by Holtkamp Organ Co., 1951.

Staff: Mary Holtkamp; Walter Holtkamp; John Wright.

Sources:

  • The Diapason, Chicago, IL, June 1926, 18.
  • David L. Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 655.
  • Organ Handbook: (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 1970.
  • Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 07, 2019.

Database Specs:

  • 98 Organs
  • 5 Divisions
  • 5 Consoles