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William B. King

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2004-10-30/2019-09-18 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.; Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Son of William King; partner with father in William King & Son of Elmira, New York, c. 1887-(1900?); with Hook & Hastings of Kendal Green, Massachusetts; representative of W. W. Kimball of Chicago, Illinois, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1916; died c. August 12, 1929 in Jackson Heights {New York City}, New York. Sources: The Diapason March 1916, 17. The Diapason August 1918, 7. The Diapason October 1929, 5. Organ Handbook (Richmond, Va.; Organ Historical Society, 1986), 14. Robert Bruce Whiting, "Rebuilding a William King & Son Organ", The Tracker 9:2 (Richmond, Va.; Organ Historical Society, 1965), 5.

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