2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). Edited for the revised OHS Online Database website, 2017. - Charles W. Adams was the son of Welcome K. Adams; he was with his father in W. K. Adams & Son of Providence, Rhode Island, 1883. He operated as C. W. Adams of Providence, Rhode Island, starting around 1890. Adams died circa 1914 as the result of a fall from an organ; his firm was succeeded by Wilson-Bolan Co. Sources: Ochse, Orpha; The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 252. Owen, Barbara; The Organ in New England (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979), 396. Piano and Organ Purchaser-s Guide, (New York: Music Trades) [year not given]
2018-05-07/2020-04-09 - For further information see W.S. Adams & Son
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