2004-10-30/2020-04-09 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North America Organ Builders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -- William E. Zeuch was born in 1867 in Chicago, Ilinois; he was a graduate of Northwestern University, and went on to study organ with Alexandre Guilmant in Paris, France. Returning to the U.S., in addition to playing for various churches in Chicago, and giving recitals, he became a sales representative with the Aeolian Co. of Garwood, New Jersey, the premier maker of residence organs. In 1917, Ernest M. Skinner hired Zeuch as vice-president to assist with sales and development of the Skinner firm then located in Dorchester, Massachusettes. Zeuch continued in this role for 38 years, through three different corporate identities (Ernest M. Skinner, Skinner Organ Company, Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company) before retiring in 1955. He also kept up his work as a recitalist, he was Sunday afternoon recitalist at First Church (Unitatian) for 28 years (1930-1958). He died 2 June 1963 in Boston.
2015-10-29/2020-04-09 - See main entry: Ernest M. Skinner and also Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
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