Education
Simmons apprenticed under Thomas Appleton and founded his own business in 1845 along with Thomas McIntyre.
Simmons apprenticed under Thomas Appleton and founded his own business in 1845 along with Thomas McIntyre.
Simmons"s organs were some of the first to use a full Swell division, and he was an innovator in the use of tempered tuning and of steam-powered machinery in construction. In the 1850s his organs took on more Germanic qualities. Among his most important instruments were the 1855 organ built for Dover Hall in Boston, the 1859 organ for Harvard University, and the 1860 organ for Saint Paul"s Cathedral in Louisville, Kentucky.