Simmons & Willcox
1860
Originally Richard Bridge (1756)
King's Chapel
58 Tremont Street
Boston, MA, US
43 Ranks
Instrument ID: 50282 ● Builder ID: 5766 ● Location ID: 10183
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Scot Huntington on December 29th, 2025:
The Simmons & Willcox was replaced by Hook & Hastings in 1884, also within the Bridge case. The H&H was in turn replaced by the Ernest M. Skinner Co. in 1909. Skinner determined the case to be "decrepit" and it was replaced by the local upscale cabinet makers Irving & Casson, with a near exact replica, preserving only the original carvings. The replica Bridge case is still extant, now housing a C.B. Fisk.
The Simmons & Willcox was replaced by Hook & Hastings in 1884, also within the Bridge case. The H&H was in turn replaced by the Ernest M. Skinner Co. in 1909. Skinner determined the case to be "decrepit" and it was replaced by the local upscale cabinet makers Irving & Casson, with a near exact replica, preserving only the original carvings. The replica Bridge case is still extant, now housing a C.B. Fisk.
Database Manager on August 31st, 2012:
Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock.
Database Manager on August 29th, 2012:
Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- This is not a rebuild of the 1756 Richard Bridge organ; rather, sixteen ranks of 1756 pipe work were used in the new organ, noted in the stoplist below.
Related Instrument Entries: Richard Bridge (1756) , Wm. Johnson & Son (1888ca.) , Wm. M. Goodrich (1825)
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