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 1834; father of Edwin Bancroft Hedges, Jr.; graduate of Westfield Academy; with William Johnson firm of Westfield, Massachusetts, age 18, apprentice pipemaker, head of pipemaking department, c. 1854-1866; had pipe shop in annex of Johnson factory; held local government office; died 1903; succeeded by his son. Staff: Thomas Dyson. {Distinction of staff from employees of Johnson & Son is not clear.} Sources: American Musician (Cincinnati, Ohio, 6 Apr. 1889), 2. John V. V. Elsworth, The Johnson Organs (Harrisville, NH: The Boston Organ Club, 1984), 36.
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