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Distinction:

Winchester, New Hampshire, by 1790 - 1849
Classification: Builder

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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 May 14, 1771 in Wrentham, Massachusetts; in Winchester, New Hampshire by 1790; clockmaker, house joiner, gun maker, violin maker, organbuilder; died 1849 in Winchester, New Hampshire; (possibly partner with Joseph Foster in Foster & Pratt of Winchester, New Hampshire).

Staff: Eli Bruce; William Goodrich; George Holbrook.

Sources:

  • Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 77.
  • Barbara Owen, The Organ in New England (Raleigh: Sunbury Press, 1979), 403, 410.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 29, 2019.

Database Specs:

  • 30 Organs
  • 1 Divisions
  • 1 Consoles