Pipe Organ Database

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Christian Dieffenbach View Extant Instruments View Instruments

Distinction:

Bethel, Pennsylvania, 1769-1829
Classification: Builder

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October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, rev. ed., by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1997). —

Born 4 Sep. 1769 in Bethel, Pennsylvania; son of John Jacob Dieffenbach; in Millersburg {now Bethel}, Pennsylvania; died 9 Feb. 1829 in Bethel, Pennsylvania.

Sources:

  • Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 64.
  • Tracker (Organ Historical Society, Richmond, VA), 19:2:7.
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We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Specs:

  • 9 Organs
  • 2 Divisions
  • 1 Consoles

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