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About
- Name
- Schantz Organ Company
- Other Services
- Repair and Maintenance
Facts
- Founded
- 1873
Related
Key Persons
- Founders
Location
- 626 S. Walnut St., Orrville, 44667, Ohio, United States
File:SchantzOrganCo-1957-Logo.jpg
Quick Facts
- SOURCE: Celebrating Dedication 150 Years Schantz Organ Company, 1873-2023.
- 1873 - Established, Abraham Tschantz starts building Ohio Beauty reed organs in a shop on the family farm near Kidron.
- 1875 - First factory built in Orrville
- 1891 - First known pipe organ built for First United Brethren (Canton, ohio)
- 1899 - Family name changed to "Schantz"
- 1901 - New factory built at the corner of E. Oak and S. Walnut Streets still in use today
- 1904 - Oldest extant Schantz pipe organ built Second United Church of Christ (Tiffin, Ohio)
- 1908 - Last known Tracker action instrument built First Methodist (Byesville, Ohio)
- 1913 - Second Schantz generation takes on leadership
- 1914 - Zephyr blower patented
- 1926 - Last known tubular-pneumatic action instrument built Trinity Episcopal (New Philadelphia, Ohio)
- 1946 - Third Schantz generation takes on leadership
- 1946 - April 29, Incorporation filed with State of Ohio, Entity Number 194591
- 1947 - Jack Cook hired as Pipe Shop Forman from Aeolian-Skinner, helps Schantz start making more pipes in-house
- 1953 - Delivery of the Schantz "magnum Opus" to The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark (New Jersey)
- 1966 - Pipe shop built for making new pipes
- 1973 - Jack Sievert hired as Sales Director from Reuter. Retired in 2008.
- 1985 - Fourth Schantz generation takes on leadership
- 1988 - Burton K. Tidwell hired as tonal director
- 1992 - Eric Gastier hired as architect
- 1993 - First Blackinton-style chest built Painesville United Methodist (Painesville, Ohio)
- 1994 - New three-story assembly room completed
- 1995 - First CNC installed for efficiently building wooden parts
- 1996 - Jeffrey Dexter becomes tonal director
- 2000 - First international project completed in Melbourne, Australia
- 2014 - Fifth Schantz generation takes on leadership.