KOPPEJAN Adriaan, Adrian

1936 - 2023  (~ 86 jaar)

• Naam	KOPPEJAN Adriaan, Adrian
  Geboorte	14 sep 1936	Veenendaal
  Geslacht	Mannelijk
  Begraven	23 jun 2023
  Persoon-ID	I42974	Koppejan, Willeboordse | Koppejan
  Laatst gewijzigd op	17 dec 2024

  
  

  Vader	KOPPEJAN Stamvader_Niet gelinkte (Losse)   ovl. Ja, datum echter onbekend
  Gezins-ID	F16701	Gezinsblad  |  Familiekaart

  
  

  Gezin	Coby,   geb. 1965
  Huwelijk	Y
  Kinderen	> 1. KOPPEJAN Saskia,   geb. Canada > 2. KOPPEJAN Ada,   geb. Canada > 3. Levend > 4. Levend > 5. KOPPEJAN Miriam
  Gezins-ID	F15039	Gezinsblad  |  Familiekaart
  Laatst gewijzigd op	19 jul 2016

  
  

• Foto's		koppejan Coby
  		Koppejan Adriaan 1936

  
  

• Aantekeningen

  1974 Geemigreerd naar Canada Koppejan Pipe Organs, Chilliwack, British Columbia (1979) Adrian Koppejan was born in Veenendaal, Holland, and apprenticed with his father, who was an organbuilder there. He worked with Friedrich Weigle in Echterdingen by Stuttgart, Germany (1963-1966), with Pels & Van Leeuwen in Alkmaar, Holland (1968-1972) as shop foreman of the mechanical organ department, and with his father's company, Koppejan Pipe Organs, in Ederveen, Holland (1968-1972). He moved to Canada in 1974 and established his own company five years later. Adrian Koppejan strives for a clear, warm, but not loud sound in his instruments, a preference inspired by classical organs of North Germany. This sound palette is reflected in the instruments in which he specializes: small and medium-size tracker instruments; he has built five electromechanical organs, as well. His output to date consists of 19 organs; these have been installed in churches and private residences in British Columbia, Alberta, and Washington state. His largest organ is a three-manual, 31-stop, electromechanical instrument, with a MIDI system, installed in the Good Shepherd Church, White Rock, B.C., in 1995. An instrument of similar size was constructed in 1998. Rebuilding, restoration, maintenance, and tuning are also part of regular activities. Wooden pipes are mostly acquired from Laukhuff, Germany; metal pipes come from Stinkens in Holland and Laukhuff in Germany. Keyboards are made in Germany by Laukhuff or Heuss. Winding mechanisms, consoles, solid oak cabinets, and casework are manufactured in the shop. Blowers are supplied by Laukhuff, and electrical control systems come from Peterson in the U.S.A. There were two part-time employees in 1998 as Adrian Koppejan reduced the scope of his operations in anticipation of retirement.