Josiah Leavitt
1786
Residence: Leavitt
Sterling, MA, US
Instrument ID: 50338 ● Builder ID: 3644 ● Location ID: 44193
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: No Pedalboard
Features:
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Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock.
Database Manager on September 15th, 2012:
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."
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