2004-10-30/2019-11-12 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Born 1830/1831 in Prussia, Germany; 'Colonel' in Erie, Pennsylvania; treasurer of German Savings Institution of Erie, Pennsylvania, treasurer; with Derrick & Felgemaker of Erie, Pennsylvania, 1872, stockholder, representative of firm in Chicago, Illinois, 1875; established his own firm in Chicago, Illinois, by 1880; renamed the firm the Chicago Pipe Organ Co. by 1884. Staff: Nels Anderson; William F. Faber. Sources: Musical and Sewing Machine Gazette February 28, 1880, 51. Stopt Diapason newsletter #16 (Hoffman Estates, IL: Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society). Michael Friesen "Matthew Schlaudecker, Chicago Organbuilder", The Tracker 27:1 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1983), 19.
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