2004-10-30/2019-02-11 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Ira Bassett was the father of Frederick W. Bassett. He was active in Chicago, Illinois, in 1868, where he operated a service firm. He had previously built three organs in Barre, Vermont around 1860. Patients held: Patent #336,982; 2 Mar. 1886; pneumatic action Patent #387,846; 14 Aug. 1888; pneumatic action Patent #478,552; 12 Jul. 1892; tremolo. . Sources: Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 143, 306. Musical and Sewing Machine Gazette 28 Feb. 1880, 51. John Panning. Stopt Diapason The Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society, Hoffman Estates, IL. #25. Tracker, 1:2, 8.
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