death_place death_date children nationality parents discipline birth_date article_title name
salisbury august / september 1724 renatus harris iii , another son british thomas harris organ making ca. 1652 renatus harris
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renatus harris

renatus harris -lrb- ca. 1652 - 1724 -rrb- was a master organ maker in england in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries .
during the period of the commonwealth , in the mid seventeenth century , puritans controlled the country and organ music was banned in churches .
many organ makers left england for the continent , including harris ' father , thomas .
it was while the family was living in france that harris was born .
after the restoration the family returned to england .
harris grew up in his father 's business and eventually became one of the two most prominent organ builders of his generation , along with his hated rival `` father '' bernard smith .
harris had a flair for publicity and was not above using under-hand tactics against smith .
harris ' grandfather renatus was also an organ maker , as were renatus harris ' two sons -lrb- one also called renatus -rrb- .
he died at salisbury in august or september , 1724 .
