2010-04-15/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1997) - Apprentice with J. W. Walker & Sons of London, England; with Austin firm of Hartford, Connecticut; established firm in Granby, Connecticut, 1973; in Harwinton, Connecticut, c. 1983. Sources: Boston Organ Club Newsletter, 92:1. American Organist Jan. 1983, 36.
2016-06-26/2020-04-09 - From the OHS Database Builders Listing editor, June 26, 2016. — Charles C. Aitken (March 27, 1932–March 25, 2011) was born in England. He apprenticed with J. W. Walker and Sons, and worked there until 1963 when he moved to the United States. He started with Austin Organs of Hartford, Connecticut. He left Austin in 1973 and formed his own firm in Granby, Connecticut, later relocating to Torrington. Source: Charles Crookstone Aitken obituary, Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut, April 10, 2011), accessed on-line June 26, 2016.
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