2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, rev. ed., by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1997). - Born 1827/1828 in Scotland; in Chicago, Illinois by 1868, wine dealer, bookkeeper, organist; partner of William Jackson in Davie, Jackson & Co. of Chicago, 1870/1871. Patents: With W. Jackson: Patent #103,723; 31 May 1870; organ.. Alone: Patent #278,515; 29 May 1883; reed organ swell. .Sources: Local directories of the period. Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 306. Stopt Diapason (Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society, Hoffman Estates, IL). 25, 29].
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