2004-10-30/2019-11-05 - Note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va., Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Born 1830 in West Sterling, Massachusetts; father of George W. Reed; woodworker; active in West Boylston, Massachusetts, 1858-1884. Sources: Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 252. Organ Handbook (Organ Historical Society, 1978), 49. Barbara Owen, The Organ in New England (Raleigh: Sunbury Press, 1979), 411. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
2018-05-07/2019-11-05 - From the Builders Listing editor, January 25, 2017. — Reuben Gaylord Reed was born February 27, 1830 in Sterling, Massachusetts. He was the father of George W. Reed and Charles W. Reed. He was a woodworker who began building organs around 1858 and continued until 1884. Reuben Reed died October 11, 1889 in Boyleston, Massachusetts. Sources: Helen Boyle, great-granddaughter of Earle W. Reed, ggg-granddaughter of Reubin G. Reed. Ann M. née Bancroft Reed (Mrs. Earle W. Reed).
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