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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

George P. Reed

music dealer

Biography

George P. Reed was the music dealer who, on organist Bancroft's recommendation, gave the young Patrick Joseph Healy his first job as an errand boy. Healy soon advanced from errand boy to clerk before moving on to the music publishing house of Oliver Ditson & Company.

Highlights

  • Hired young Patrick Healy as an errand boy, his first position in the music trade

Source

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 350.

Public domain.

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