2004-10-30/2019-10-23 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991) — Johann Georg [John George] Pfeffer. Born April 23, 1823 in Stetten am Hohenzollern, Germany; father of Robert, Anthony, George, and Eugene Pfeffer. He immigrated to the United States, 1854; in New York City, New York, 1854-c. 1856; in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada until May, 1857; briefly in New York City, New York; in Cleveland, Ohio; in St. Louis, Missouri, by October 1858; acquired Wilhelm Metz shop of St. Louis, Missouri, 1864; established J. G. Pfeffer & Son of St. Louis, Missouri, 1882; retired 1900; sold the business to Kilgen firm, 1909; died April 4, 1910 in St. Louis, Missouri. Sources: Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 306. Organ Handbook 1986 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 19. Donald T. Petering, John George Pfeffer, St. Louis Organbuilder, Master Thesis, Concordia College, River Forest, IL, 1979.
2015-10-11/2020-04-09 - See also: Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.
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