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

Father of Albert, Charles, and possibly George Engelfried; trained with family firm of organbuilders; immigrated to the United States, 1853; active in New York City, New York, 1853-1875.

Sources:

• The Diapason, August 1957, 8.


• Local directories of the place and period.


• Martin Kares, The German Element in American Organbuilding, 1700-1900 (dissertation, Marburg 1990).


• Stephen Pinel.


• The Tracker 9:2 (1965):10.


• The Tracker 32:1 (1988):27