Bancroft
organist
early mentor
Biography
Bancroft was the church organist in Boston for whom the young Patrick Joseph Healy worked the bellows after arriving from Ireland. Bancroft became interested in the Irish lad, and after Healy finished school, secured him a position as errand boy with music dealer George P. Reed, setting Healy on the path into the music trade.
Highlights
- Employed young Patrick Healy to work the bellows of his church organ in Boston
- Took an interest in Healy and secured him his first job as an errand boy
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 350.
Public domain.