Talk:David Tannenberg

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Did you know... that the pipe organ at the Old Salem Visitor Center (pictured) was constructed by David Tannenberg, who has been called "the most important eighteenth-century American organ-builder"?

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To do list

This article has a lot of potential. Please add to this list if you have ideas for improvement.

Develop text from the references below and those listed in further reading on the article page
See about uploading a sound file of a sample from one of the organs (or from each organ where a file is available). This should qualify for Fair Use.
Keep looking for suitable images of the organs (or any portraits of Tannenberg himself). It would probably be worthwhile to email the Salem Museum or the curatory of davidtannenberg.com to request images for use. There are release forms that need to be signed.

~~:* There is a request in to get a image copy of his signature made from the davidtannenberg.com site.~~

Add notes to the table on the extant organs, or even better just have a tex/prose section for each organ.
Add more family and life details.
Review other Good Article level articles on similar craftspeople of the era for ideas.
Do some other stuff...
Submit the article for Good Article Review
Submit to Guild of Copy Editors for more polishing of final work
Submit for Featured Article review.

http://www.davidtannenberg.com/

Here is a huge resource: http://www.davidtannenberg.com/

Klemm and Tannenberg

I just found a book that has some info about Tannenberg and Klemm. It is The History of the Organ in the United States By Orpha C. Ochse. I'll add info after I read over the book. Twbaucom (talk) 19:08, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

CBS news piece...

David Tannenberg -- the American who is to organs what the Stradivarius label is to violins.