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J. Paul Sowada

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2004-10-30/2019-11-25 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Born 1888 in Germany; immigrated to United States in 1912; brother of George Goll; with Welte firm of Poughkeepsie, New York; organized Atlas Organ Co. in 1926; with Atlas Organ Co. of New York City, New York, 1939; died April 28, 1944. Sources: David L. Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 676. Piano and Organ Purchaser’s Guide, Purchaser’s Guide to the Music Industries, (New York: Music Trades). A biographical dictionary of organbuilders compiled by F. R. Webber ca. 1955; located in the OHS American Organ Archive, 330 North Spring Mill Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania.

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