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Herman J. Tellers

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2004-10-30/2019-10-04 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991; rev. ed., 1997, with updated information). — Born June 1839 in Langbroich, Germany; father of Heinrich (Henry) Tellers and Ignatius Tellers. Tellers emigrated to the United States in 1881; active in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1884, as a carpenter; with William Schuelke of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1888-1891; with Felgemaker firm of Erie, Pennsylvania, 1892-1903; died March 8, 1903 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Sources: One or more local directories of the places and period. Martin Kares, The German Element in American Organbuilding, 1700-1900 (dissertation, Marburg 1990). Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.

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