2012-09-15 - Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Ochse, 1975, reports "Josiah Leavitt (1744-1804) was a practicing physician in Sterling, Massachusetts, when he built his first organ in 1786. Leavitt had had an interest in organ construction since he was a young man, and it is said that he frequented the workshop of Thomas Johnston. At the age of forty-two, he decided to build a small organ of four stops. He was assisted by a young man from Templeton, Massachussetts, Eli Bruce." -Database Manager
2012-09-26 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager
Regrettably, it is not possible to display the information about the sponsor of this pipeorgandatabase entry or if there is a sponsor. Please see About Sponsors on Pipe Organ Database.