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William Pye

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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). - Born c. 1824; active in New York City, New York, 1855, pipemaker; with Thomas Robjohn firm of New York City, 1858-1860. Sources: Musical and Sewing Machine Courier, April 13, 1881, 293. Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 168. Organ Handbook 1969 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1969). Stephen Pinel. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt; The Tracker 32:1 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1985), 25.  

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