Wilson R. Barry & Co.

Active: Unknown - Present Type: BuilderBuilder ID: 364

Distinction:

Andover, Massachusetts, 1966; Exeter, New Hampshire, 1987-1996.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Graduate of Princeton University; with Chester Raymond of Princeton, Massachusetts; with Tellers firm of Erie, Pennsylvania; with Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, Massachusetts, c. 1963; operated firm in Andover, Massachusetts, 1966; in Exeter, New Hampshire, 1987, organs, harpsichords.

Sources:

  • Organ Handbook (OHS 1966) 26.
  • Robert J. Reich.
  • Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
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Database Manager on January 9th, 2016:
From the OHS Database Builders Listing editor, June 4, 2016. -

Wilson R. Barry (June 26, 1925 - March 24, 2012) was a master builder of both organs and harpsichords.1 He established his own firm in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1966 as Wilson R. Barry & Co. building organs and harpsichords. The firm was relocated to Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1987.2 The firm closed in 1996 with Mr. Barry's retirement.3

Sources:

  1. "Wilson Barry" obituary, Boston Globe on Mar. 28, 2012. Accessed online at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=156732136#sthash.0HT5JXE0.dpuf; accessed Jan 9, 2016.
  2. David H. Fox, A Guide to North American Organbuilders (OHS Press, 1997), 63.
  3. "Wilson Barry" obituary, Boston Globe.

For additional information on Wilson Barry, the person, see separate article Wilson Barry

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