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Emil Gaebler
1859
08
25 MELODEONS, NEW MANUFACTORY!! The subscriber having undertaken the
manufacturing of Melodeons in this city, respectfully invites the attention of
the public to the act, and solicits a share of their patronage. The instruments I manufacture are of the very
best quality and warranted equal in all respects to any in the market.
I also keep on hand those
of the most celebrated manufacturers of the East, so the taste and wishes of
all wanting anything in that line may be suited.
The prices are adapted to
the times and are lower than in any other market in the country, New York City
not excepted.
Shop
in Bertram’s Block, Main Street, upstairs.
E. C. Gaebler Watertown, Aug. 24, 1859. Watertown
Democrat, 08 25 1859
1861
08 08 Melodians [Melodeons]
Emil C. Gaebler is the manufacturer of a very
fine and superior variety of melodeon in this city. His instruments have sold readily, and all
who have purchased them have cheerfully testified to their merits and been
satisfied with the way in which they have worked. Mr. Gaebler is an
accomplished workman and musician and knows how to give finish and tone to his
melodeons. He is a tuner and repairer
and can put in perfect order most any musical instrument which may need fitting
up to make it as good as new. His rooms
are in Bertram’s Block, where he will be found ready to attend to all calls. WD
1862
01 02 Grand Concert. The Musical Association of
Watertown will give a grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert at Cole’s Hall, on
Thursday evening, January 16th. A large
choir, accompanied by an orchestra of sixteen instruments, will perform the
first part of Hayden’s renowned oratorio – “The Creation” – and a number of
miscellaneous pieces specified in the program to be published next week. Emil C. Gaebler,
Conductor [Advertisement] WD
1875
06 16 Prof. E. C. Gaebler is putting up in St. John’s Lutheran Church, of this city, a
magnificent pipe organ manufactured at his Temple of Music,
Fourth Street. His organ is a fine
specimen of Watertown manufacture and reflects credit on its builder. A brief description of the instrument may be
interesting.
The organ has two banks of keys, two octave of
pedals, and contains over fourteen hundred pipes from 16 feet to 3/4 of an inch
in length. There are 28 stops and
combination pedals. The case is 15 X 14
feet and 20 feet high. There are 28
gilded pipes in front, the largest of which is ten feet long and 6 inches in
diameter. The bellows furnishes 35,000
inches of wind every second. The organ
when completed is worth $5,000.
Excellent workmanship has been displayed on all portions of the
instrument. The design of the front was
drawn by Mr. L. Charboneau and, of course, is tastesty [sic] and artistic. The gilding and painting on the organ was
done by Messrs. Degenhardt & Bradow,
Mr. W. E. Dervin having a hand in on the finishing
touches. Of course the tone of this
instrument will be of the highest order, having passed through the hands of
Prof. Gaebler, one of the foremost musicians of the
state, who has supervised every portion of the work.
Our citizens will have an opportunity of hearing this magnificent organ
for the first time on Sunday, June 27th.
It will be played by a celebrated organist from Milwaukee. We hope the
day is not far distant when Prof. Gaebler & Son
will engage more extensively in the manufacture of pipe organs. They are certainly competent to turn out as
good instruments as can be found anywhere, and we trust they may meet with
sufficient encouragement to build up a large manufacturing interest of this
kind in our midst. WR
Sophie Gaebler Recalled
One of the early musical leaders in Watertown was E. C. Gaebler, a
talented man who could handle just about any kind of musical task, from playing
the piano to conducting an orchestra or even building an organ. One of his daughters, Sophie Charlotte Gaebler, had the distinction of having studied under the
world renowned Franz Liszt. Doc
WHS_005_551
Father of Max Gaebler
Sophie is buried
in Oak Hill Cemetery
Gaebler, Sophie, b.
