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Distinction:

Boston, Massachusetts, 1750s.
Classification: Undetermined

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October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North America Organ Builders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Born 1708 in Boston, Massachusetts; father of Benjamin Johnston; engraver, painter, singer, organbuilder; active in Boston, Massachusetts, 1750s; died 1767.

Staff: Josiah Leavitt.

Sources:

  • Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 25.
  • Barbara Owen, The Organ in New England (Raleigh: Sunbury Press, 1979), 406.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.

Database Specs:

  • 5 Organs
  • 0 Divisions
  • 0 Consoles