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

Born 1830 in West Sterling, Massachusetts; father of George W. Reed; woodworker; active in West Boylston, Massachusetts, 1858-1884.

Sources:

• Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 252.


• Organ Handbook (Organ Historical Society, 1978), 49.


• Barbara Owen, The Organ in New England (Raleigh: Sunbury Press, 1979), 411.


• Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.

 

From the Builders Listing editor, January 25, 2017. —

Reuben Gaylord Reed was born February 27, 1830 in Sterling, Massachusetts. He was the father of George W. Reed and Charles W. Reed. He was a woodworker who began building organs around 1858 and continued until 1884. Reuben Reed died October 11, 1889 in Boyleston, Massachusetts.

Sources:

• Helen Boyle, great-granddaughter of Earle W. Reed, ggg-granddaughter of Reubin G. Reed.


• Ann M. née Bancroft Reed (Mrs. Earle W. Reed).