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). - Graduate of Princeton University; with Chester Raymond of Princeton, Massachusetts; with Tellers firm of Erie, Pennsylvania; with Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, Massachusetts, c. 1963; operated firm in Andover, Massachusetts, 1966; in Exeter, New Hampshire, 1987, organs, harpsichords. Sources: Organ Handbook (OHS 1966) 26. Robert J. Reich. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
2016-01-09/2019-02-11 - From the OHS Database Builders Listing editor, June 4, 2016. - Wilson R. Barry (June 26, 1925 - March 24, 2012) was a master builder of both organs and harpsichords.1 He established his own firm in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1966 as Wilson R. Barry & Co. building organs and harpsichords. The firm was relocated to Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1987.2 The firm closed in 1996 with Mr. Barry's retirement.3 Sources: "Wilson Barry" obituary, Boston Globe on Mar. 28, 2012. Accessed online at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=156732136#sthash.0HT5JXE0.dpuf; accessed Jan 9, 2016. David H. Fox, A Guide to North American Organbuilders (OHS Press, 1997), 63. "Wilson Barry" obituary, Boston Globe. For additional information on Wilson Barry, the person, see separate article Wilson Barry
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