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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1Saint Patrick's, Providence, Rhode Island.
2Saint Michael and All Angels, Baltimore, Maryland.
3This was the first electric action organ built by this company and one of the earliest electric action organs in the country.
4Stetson University, Deland, Florida,
53 manual tubular action.
6Holy Trinity, Geneva, New York,
7tubular action not changed. Created much interest at the time of its erection.
8Saint Luke's, Germantown, Pennsylvania,
9built in conjunction with Carlton C. Michell of England and the Hutchings Company. This was a 3 manual tubular organ of 4 sections, and an echo organ built in 1895. It was rebuilt in 1920 and converted into an electric action.
11Woodberry & Harris: Also Jesse Woodberry & Co. 22
13This firm was started in 1888 as Woodberry & Harris by Jesse Woodberry and Charles T. Harris at [address hidden], Boston. Jesse Woodberry came from Vowles' Organ Works, Bristol, England. He was associated with Cole, & Woodberry Bros. in 1886 and 1887 and then withdrew to form this firm. Mr. Harris was a noted flue voicer coming from the Hutchings' factory. He must have left some time later, however, since at the time of his death 23 he was working with E. W. Lane. 24
15They advertised the building of church, chapel and chamber organs, enlarging and rebuilding of old pipe organs, and the furnishing and applying of motors for blowing organs. In 1894 the firm became Jesse Woodberry & Co. and remained that until Mr. Woodberry retired from business in 1910. It was located in 1895 at [address hidden] and in 1900 at [address hidden] This company advertised in 1904 "electric and tubular pneumatic organs a specialty."
17This firm built good quality church organs and a few residence organs all over the United States, the largest and latest all electric. Among their notable church organs are the following:
19Tremont Temple, Boston,
20pneumatic, 2 manuals and 28 stops, rebuilt and enlarged since.
2222 For this company's successor see Frazee Organ Company p. 181.
2323 Statement of William B. Goodwin, Lowell, Massachusetts, organ builder.
2424 See p. 255.
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