METALWORKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FAMILY TREE

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JUST BY COMING TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU MUST KNOW THAT WE'RE MULTIGENERATION AROUND HERE AT WHK. WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.

BUT, ONE THING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, IS THAT OWNERS AND OPERATORS, TWIN SIBLINGS ELLIE AND DIRK KASSNER, INHERITED METALWORK FROM BOTH SIDES OF THEIR GENETICS POOL! THEIR MOTHER, AVIS KASSNER, WAS FORMERLY AVIS WOLFING, DAUGHTER OF ALBERT WOLFING WHO OWNED HAVERSTRAW SHEET METAL. FOUNDED IN THE 192Os BY HIS GRANDFATHER EMIL, ALBERT WAS A SECOND GENERATION TIN KNOCKER. HE SPECIALIZED IN FABRICATING CUSTOM COMMERCIAL SHEET METAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDING BY NOT LIMITED TO : OSHA GUARDS, DUCT WORK BACK SPLASHES AND COPPER ROOFS. IN FACT, HE DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THE GARNERVILLE ARTS COMPLEX, WITH WHOM WE STILL WORK TODAY AS WHK!

WHILE THE COMPANY WAS DISBANDED IN THE MID 1990s AS BIG AL's HEALTH DECLINED, HIS LEGACY LIVES ON!

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WHILE THIS CLASSIC RAGTIME CLIP DOESN'T GIVE ANYONE A WARM FUZZY FEELING, WE INCLUDED IT BECAUSE THE SHOP IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE WOLFING HAVERSTRAW SHEET METAL SHOP. CHECK IT OUT :