2004-10-30/2019-09-02 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Born 6 April 1872 in Westfield, Massachusetts; son of Edwin Hedges, Sr.; with William H. Johnson firm of Westfield, Massachusetts; continued father's pipemaking business; firm merged with Samuel Pierce firm of Reading, Massachusetts, 1919; with successor Dennison Organ Pipe Co., 1924, head voicer with firm; with Aeolian-Skinner firm, 1944-1948; returned to Dennison firm of Reading, Massachusetts; retired 1953; cellist, instructor at Smith College; died 25 May 1967 in Westfield, Massachusetts. Staff: (Nicholas Chatelain?); Leon D. Phelps; Joseph G. Webb; John Wright. {Distinction of staff from employees of Johnson & Son is not clear.} Patent #1,331,258; 17 Feb. 1920; plug for organ pipe feet. Sources: The Diapason, August 1967, 27. John V. V. Elsworth, The Johnson Organs (Harrisville, NH: The Boston Organ Club, 1984), 42. David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1990), 901. Barbara Owen. John Van Varick Elsworth, "The Story of A Great Voicer", The Tracker, 16:2 (Richmond, Va.; Organ Historical Society, 1972), 3-6.
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