August
R. Schopp
(1869-1954) was born in Bad Orb, Germany. Coming to the United States in 1884, he began working for Hilborne L. Roosevelt in New York where he learned the trade of pipe maker. He subsequently worked for several other organ building firms including Haskell,
Hook & Hastings
, Jardine and
Farrand & Votey
. In 1898 Schopp and
Leonhard Gutfleisch
formed the partnership of
Gutfleisch & Schopp
The Diapason, , p. 1. in Roselle,...
