2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Born 1 June 1854, Vestergotland, Sweden. Entered U. S. at New York 29 June 1876. With Moline Cabinet Organ Co., Moline, Illinois, 1883; joined Bergstrom Pipe Organ Co.* of Oakland, California, 1887; with Moline Pipe Organ Co. beginning June, 1888, for 32 years. Died 30 January 1941. *There is no Bergstrom Pipe Organ Co. in the Database Builders Listing. There is a John Bergstrom firm which became John Bergstrom & Sons located in San Francisco during this time period. -Ed. Sources: Fritiof M. Fryxell, The Story of John Fryxell (Augustana Historical Society, Rock Island, Illinois, 1990).
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