Bishop Organ Co.

Active: Unknown - Present Type: Service PersonBuilder ID: 7039

Distinction:

North Reading, Massachusetts, 1988-c.2000; Arlington, Massachusetts, ca. 2000.

Database Manager on October 30th, 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.


Database Manager on October 27th, 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.


Database Manager on October 27th, 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.

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Database Specs:

  • 7 Instruments
  • 0 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

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