A. B. Felgemaker Co.
1917
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Sharpsburg, PA, US
Instrument ID: 48244 ● Builder ID: 2 ● Location ID: 42471
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3 Manuals 4 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
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Database Manager on February 27th, 2017:
Updated by J. A. Hefner. <br>The Sommerhoff signature is interesting: William A. [Albert?] Sommerhoff left Felgemaker with the Tellers brothers in 1906 to start the first Tellers organ firm. Sommerhoff left in 1918, then Albert Kent [superintendent of Felgemaker] joined, effectively bringing Felgemaker with him [somehow the company assets, contracts, etc. were absorbed by Tellers]. Sommerhoff's apparent work on this organ might show some sort of cooperation before 1918 [like Leblanc-Courtois-Holton brasses in the 1950s-60s before the 1961 decision to merge, then 1964 merger, or Elkhart instrument makers].
Updated by J. A. Hefner. <br>The Sommerhoff signature is interesting: William A. [Albert?] Sommerhoff left Felgemaker with the Tellers brothers in 1906 to start the first Tellers organ firm. Sommerhoff left in 1918, then Albert Kent [superintendent of Felgemaker] joined, effectively bringing Felgemaker with him [somehow the company assets, contracts, etc. were absorbed by Tellers]. Sommerhoff's apparent work on this organ might show some sort of cooperation before 1918 [like Leblanc-Courtois-Holton brasses in the 1950s-60s before the 1961 decision to merge, then 1964 merger, or Elkhart instrument makers].
Database Manager on July 18th, 2011:
Identified through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- The organ in St. Mary's in Sharpsburg is signed inside, "Albert Sommerhoff" and the year 1917. The original console was rebuilt by Organcraft in the early 1980s, and a new 8' Trumpet was installed in the Great, possibly replacing an existing rank.
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