2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Born 1869 in Bad Orb, Germany; he was the father of Harvey and Robert Schopp, Sr.; he immigrated to the United States in 1884; with Roosevelt firm of New York City, New York, as a pipemaker; with C. S. Haskell firm of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; with Hook & Hastings firm of Kendal Green, Massachusetts; with George Jardine firm of New York City, New York; with Farrand & Votey firm of Detroit, Michigan; partner with Leonhard Gutfleisch in Gutfleisch & Schopp, organ pipes, of Roselle, New Jersey, then relocated to Alliance, Ohio, 1898-1954; Schopp died in 1954; and was succeeded by his sons. Source: David L. Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 898.
2015-08-26/2020-04-09 - For further information, see: A. R. Schopp & Sons Inc.
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