John F. Shawhan

Active: Unknown - Present Type: Employee or Independent ContractorBuilder ID: 5715

Distinction:

Saginaw, Michigan, 1956-1965; Chicago, Illinois, 1969 to unknown date; Bellwood, Illinois, unknown date to 1985.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). —

Attended Aquinas College of Grand Rapids, Michigan; operated his own firm in Saginaw, Michigan, 1956-1965; in Chicago, Illinois, 1969; representative of Casavant firm of St. Hyacinthe, Canada; representative of Lawrence Phelps firm of Erie, Pennsylvania; with Berghaus Organ Co. of Bellwood, Illinois, voicer; retired November, 1985; died June 9, 1986 in Chicago, Illinois, age 60.

Sources:

  • The American Organist October 1986 (New York: American Guild of Organists), 47.
  • The Diapason November 1986, 4.

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  • 0 Consoles
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