2010-04-15/2019-11-09 - From Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, November 9, 2019. — Timothy (Tim) Patterson, organbuilder, later service and restoration specialist. Born c. 1954, graduated from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls, (computer technology and math); trained for seven years under Geoffery W. Hunt of South Minneapolis; opened his own business in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1980s, known as Paterson Organ Co. or Associated Organbuilders. Built and enlarged electric-action instruments in several states, including Texas, Missouri, and Florida, as well as Minnesota; one organ in Thailand, and at least two in Europe; spent 13 years in France. Sources: Chip Walton, "Sacred Sounds: How One Restoration Expert is Preserving the World’s Pipe Organs" The Growler, July 2, 2015 (St. Paul, Minn.: The Growler Magazine), https://growlermag.com/sacred-sounds-how-one-restoration-expert-is-preserving-the-worlds-pipe-organs/. Catherine Deeds, "New Life in Old Pipes", The Catholic Spirit July 27, 2017 (Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota), http://thecatholicspirit.com/special-sections/from-age-to-age/new-life-old-pipes/.
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