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Leslie N. Leet View Extant Instruments View Instruments

Distinction:

Boston, Massachusetts, 1917-1923; Cranford, New Jersey; d. 1949.
Classification: Employee or Independent Contractor

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October 30, 2004:

Note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va., Organ Historical Society, 1991). Edited for the revised OHS Online Database website, 2017. —

Organist, band leader; with J. W. Steere & Son of Westfield, Massachusetts; with Aeolian Co. of Garwood, New Jerey, factory manager; representative of Reuter-Schwarz firm of Highland, Illinois, in Boston, Massachusetts, 1917; With Baley Meter Co. of Cleveland, Ohio; with Skinner firm of Boston, Massachusetts, 1923; established Leet Organ Co. of Cranford, New Jersey died December 11, 1949 in Mountainside, New Jersey.

Patent #1,836,077; 15 December, 1931; electropneumatic action.

Sources:

  • The Diapason, February 1976, 17.
  • The Diapason, April 1976, 17.
    • The Diapason, April 1976, 17.
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We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on September 20, 2019.

Database Specs:

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  • 0 Divisions
  • 0 Consoles

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