2004-10-30/2019-11-19 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Born c. 1854 in Massachusetts; son of John W. Steer(e), brother of John S. Steere; with Steere & Turner of Springfield, Massachusetts; active in Westfield, Massachusetts, by 1870; with J. W. Steere & Sons of Springfield, Massachusetts, 1891-1894; with Austin firm of Hartford, Connecticut, c. 1914-1926, installer. Patent #304,575; September 2, 1884; combination. Patent #455,365; July 7, 1891; combination. (jointly with John W. Steere) Sources: The Diapason September 1915, 3. The Diapason April 1922, 2. Organ Handbook 1985 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 23. Barbara Owen. Stephen L. Pinel, "Organbuilders and Their Families: in the Population Schedules of the Federal and State Census Surveys", The Tracker 32:1 (1988), 28.
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