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Distinction:

North Reading, Massachusetts, 1988-c.2000; Arlington, Massachusetts, ca. 2000.
Classification: Service Person

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October 27, 2019:

From the OHS PC Database, (James H. Cook and Elizabeth Towne Schmitt, co-editors). —

In Arlington, Massachusetts, by 2000.

Source:

  • Not listed, presumed to be personal knowledge of the editors or information supplied to them by an unnamed person.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on October 27, 2019.
October 27, 2019:

From Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, October 26, 2019. —

In 2005, the Bishop Organ Company was merged into the Organ Clearing House. In 2014, John and his wife, Wendy Strothman, moved to New York City, New York where they live in Greenwich Village. John continues to operate the Organ Clearing House, and in 2015 reorganized the Bishop Organ Company as a consulting service.

Source:

  • Email from John Bishop to Stephen Hall, Builders editor July 25, 2016.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on October 27, 2019.
October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox, rev. ed. (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1997). —

Operated by John P. Bishop in North Reading, Massachusetts, by 1988; active 1995.

Source:

  • Organ Handbook 1995 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 43.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on October 26, 2019.

Database Specs:

  • 6 Organs
  • 0 Divisions
  • 0 Consoles

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