J. H. Willcox & Co.

Active: Unknown - Present Type: UnknownBuilder ID: 6750

View InstrumentsView Extant Instruments
Distinction:

John Henry Willcox, Boston (?) Active 1864-1872 with various firms; established J. H. Willcox & Co., 1869

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North America Organ Builders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). --

Attended Yale and Trinity Colleges, 1849; organist in New York City, NY; organist in Boston, MA, 1852; with Hook firm of Boston 1854-1856 and 1862-1869; partner with George Fischer 1855/56; partner with William Simmons in Simmons & Willcox of Boston, MA, 1858-1861; established J. H. Willcox & Co., 1869; retired 1872, succeeded by Hutchings, Plaisted & Co..

Staff: George S. Hutchings, Mark H. Plaisted. [Built organ with Joel Butler c. 1860?]

Database Manager on October 28th, 2015:
For further information, see:
E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings
Simmons & Willcox
J. H. Willcox & Co.
Hutchings, Plaisted & Co.
Jim Stettner on April 4th, 2021:
See detailed article by Barbara Owen in ***The Tracker***, Vol. 36, Number 4, 1992.

Something missing or not quite correct?Add NoteorAdd WebpageorAdd ImageorAdd DocumentorSuggest an Edit

J. H. Willcox & Co.
Database Specs:

  • 37 Instruments
  • 4 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

Pipe Organ Database

A project of the Organ Historical Society
Website by John RoperEditor Login