2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders,, rev. ed., by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va': Organ Historical Society, 1997). - With A. Gottfried & Co. firm of Erie, Pennsylvania; established the Illinois Organ Supply Co., of Pekin, Illinois, c. 1922, pipes, associated with the Hinners Organ Co. of Pekin, Illinois; pipemaker. Sources: Barbara Owen. The American Organist: September 1960.
2015-09-20/2019-02-11 - From Builders editor Stephen Hall, March 23, 2018. - The entry in Fox's Guide for Illinois Pipe Supply Co. reads: "A metal pipe shop operated by Fred W. Krebs and Alfred Gautschi [Gautchi] within the Hinners Organ Co. factory of Pekin, Illinois, c. 1922; firm probably closed in 1936 when Hinners ended pipe organ work." Sources: David H. Fox, "Illinois Pipe Supply Co." A Guide to North American Organbuilders, rev.ed. (Richmond, Va': Organ Historical Society, 1997), 165.
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