2004-10-30/2019-09-19 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Born c. 1847 in Pennsylvania; son of Henry Knauff Sr., brother of J. C. and Henry Knauff, Jr.; active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1889-1892; bankrupt, 1893. Sources: Peter T. Cameron. Barbara J. Owen and Thomas Cunningham, "New Revised Builders List", The Tracker: 9:2 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1965), 11. Stephen L. Pinel, "Organbuilders and Their Families: in the Population Schedules of the Federal and State Census Surveys", The Tracker: 32:1 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1988), 22.
2021-02-13/2021-02-13 - Listed as organist and choirmaster at St. Peter's P. E. Church, Philadelphia in 1870s -- *Philadelphia Inquirer* 1877 and ff. classified ad for "Organ Instruction" -- *Philadelphia Inquirer* Also listed as one of the organists who played concerts on the [great Roosevelt] organ at "the International Exhibition" -- *The Times* (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 08 Aug 1878, et al. -Paul R. Marchesano
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