Gordon S. Auchincloss

Active: Unknown - Present Type: Employee or Independent Contractor

Distinction:

Ohio 1970-72; Connecticut 1973-76; New York 1976-86; Pennsylvania/Connecticut 1986-95.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

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

Graduate of the State University of New York, 1970; apprentice with John Brombaugh of Middletown, Ohio, 1970-1972; with Richard C. Hamar of Collinsville, Connecticut, one year; with Austin Organs, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut, console work, two years; in Millbrook, New York, 1976; with Fritz Mertl of Austria, 1978; service firm in Poughkeepsie, New York, 1980; with Austin firm of Hartford, Connecticut, 1986; with James McFarland firm of Millersville, Pennsylvania, 1986; in New Milford, Connecticut, 1987; returned to Austin firm, foreman of chest department; retired in 2005.

Sources:

  • Letter to David Fox.

  • Organ Handbook: 1976. (Published yearly by the Organ Historical Society of Richmond, Virginia, in connection with its annual convention.)

  • Organ Handbook: 1980, 9.

  • Organ Handbook: 1986, 5.

  • Organ Handbook:1987, 10.

  • Organ Handbook:1989, 17.

  • Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.

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