Pipe Organ Database

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John H. Sole View Extant Instruments View Instruments

Distinction:

Boston, Massachusetts, 1888-1892; Reading, Massachusetts 1892-4; Fremont, Ohio 1894-1928.
Classification: Employee or Independent Contractor

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October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). —

Established Sole (Church) Organ Co. in Boston, Massachusetts, 1888; in Reading, Massachusetts, by 1892; relocated to Fremont, Ohio, 1894; firm last listed 1928.

Sources:

  • Peter T. Cameron.
  • One or more local directories of the place and period.
  • Barbara Owen, The Organ in New England (Raleigh: Sunbury Press, 1979), 413.
  • Piano and Organ Purchaser’s Guide, Purchaser’s Guide to the Music Industries, (New York: Music Trades).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on November 23, 2019.

Database Specs:

  • 17 Organs
  • 0 Divisions
  • 0 Consoles