2004-10-30/2019-09-02 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Born 12 January 1800 in Hayingen, Germany; trained with his uncle, Joseph Martin, and succeeded Martin; established firms in Balingen and Ulm; immigrated to United States ca. 1850; active in New York City ca. 1857-1879; active in Brooklyn, New York, c. 1860s-1870s. Sources: Martin Kares, The German Element in American Organbuilding, 1700-1900 (dissertation, Marburg 1990) Barbara J. Owen and Thomas Cunningham, "New Revised Builders List", The Tracker: 9:2 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1965), 10.
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