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Distinction:

St. John, New Brunswick, Canada; Kendal Green, Massachusetts c.1897?; Waltham, Massachusetts , 1908; Melrose, Massachusetts 1914; Waltham, 1926-32.
Classification: Employee or Independent Contractor

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May 07, 2018:

See main entry: Hutchings Organ Co.

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October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders,, rev. ed., by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1997). -

In St. John, New Brunswick, Canada; (with Hook & Hastings of Kendal Green, Massachusetts , c. 1897?); with Hutchings firm of Waltham, Massachusetts , officer 1908, manager 1911; with James Cole firm of Melrose, Massachusetts , 1914; in Willimantic and Woodstock Valley, Connecticutt; operated Hutchings Organ Co. of Waltham, Massachusetts , 1926-1932.

Patents:

  • jointly with F. H. Hastings:
    Patent #578,925; 16 Mar. 1897; electropneumatic action
  • alone:
    Patent #1,104,648; July 21, 1914; organ.
  • Patent #1,707,262; April 2, 1929; organ action.
  • Patent #1,725,576; August 20, 1929; combination stop action.
  • Patent #1,725,706; August 20, 1929; combination stop action.
  • Patent #1,725,707; August 20, 1929; combination stop action.
  • Patent #1,747,894; February 18, 1930; pneumatic pipe valve.

Sources:

  • Boston Organ Club Newsletter: 125, 18.
  • Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.

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