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Latest comment: 1 year ago3 comments1 person in discussion
I am omitting the first line of the table of works, the Weener organ, because there is a difference of opinion in the German WP. The article on Franz Caspar asserts that he completed the casework on this organ (which was built by his father, the famous Arp, the older. The DE Wikipedia article on the organ itself asserts that the case was completed by Arp the younger (the Arp who died two years later of plague and is therefore little-known). I don't think it right to include something if we're not certain. Elemimele (talk) 18:11, 14 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
I am also omitting the potential organ at Drobak since the German Wikipedia has commented it out, with the remark that it's doubtful, and the Google hits all look to me as though they're derived from Wikipedia, with the possible exception of a hit in Danish, which I cannot read. Elemimele (talk) 09:57, 15 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
I have carried across the general referencing from the German Wikipedia; I have no reason to doubt that it supports the biography. The first general reference, Bush/Kassel definitely confirms the lineage of the Schnitger business. The Ortgies reference is probably a thesis, but is offline today, so I cannot check. Parts of the biography are also supported by the various inline citations I've used for each individual organ on which Franz Caspar worked. But with an organ-building lineage as famous as the Schnitgers, it can be difficult to distinguish who's casually copied from who, and who copied from Wikipedia, so I'd prefer to go back to the "real" sources in the General literature section. I've tagged the article as over-reliant on general referencing
