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Page 1212 The Dictionary of National Biography By George Smith; The Concise Dictionary, part 1, from the beginnings to 1900, being an Epitome of the main work and its supplement- Oxford University Press 1906 and reprinted up until
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Remnants of Smith organs survive at various places in the United Kingdom, though most survivals comprise only the casework. One of the best preserved cases is in the
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Smith born as Bernhardt Schmidt in Halle, Germany, served his apprenticeship in Germany before emigrating to England in 1667. In 1681 he became the
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is preserved in the south aisle of the nave, and the choir organ is now the organ (with some original Smith ranks in use) of the chapel of
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in 1684, when both were bidding for the contract to build the new organ for the
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he was one of the two most prominent organ builders in late seventeenth-century
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The rivalry between Smith and Harris led to the famous
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Burial register of St Margaret's, Westminster, London
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