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(Carl) Oscar Pearson View Extant Instruments View Instruments

Distinction:

Born 1885 in Sweden; Brattleboro, Vermont, 1905; Boston, Massachusetts, 1919-1967.
Classification: Employee or Independent Contractor

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October 08, 2015:

See main entry: Ernest M. Skinner and also Estey Organ Co.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). —

Born November 26, 1885 in Kristinehamn, Varmland, Sweden; cabinetmaker in Proctor, Vermont; with Estey Organ Co. of Brattleboro, Vermont, 1905, wood pipe and casemaker; with Skinner Organ Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1919, tuner, flue voicer, then reed voicer, head voicer of firm, 1930; retired 1967; died August 8, 1986 in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Source:

  • The American Organist January, 1987 (New York: American Guild of Organists), 47.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on October 22, 2019.

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