J. C. [Christopher?] Knauff (Organ Co.)

Active: Unknown - Present Type: Builder

Distinction:

Newark, Delaware, (1889?)

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

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

Born c. 1838 in Pennsylvania; son of Henry Knauff Sr., brother of Henry W. and Theodore Knauff; established firm in Newark, Delaware, (1889?). Staff: Joseph G. Webb.

Sources:

  • The American Musician, August 19, 1889 (Cincinnati, Ohio) 15.

  • The American Musician, September 7, 1889 (Cincinnati, Ohio) 17.

  • The American Musician, October 5, 1889 (Cincinnati, Ohio), 16.

  • Barbara J. Owen and Thomas Cunningham, "New Revised Builders List", The Tracker: 9:2 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1965), 11.

  • Stephen L. Pinel, "Organbuilders and Their Families: in the Population Schedules of the Federal and State Census Surveys", The Tracker: 32:1 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1988), 24.

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  • 0 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

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