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business, was, like Appleton, a graduate of the elder Goodricli's 

 establishment. Winning notice toward 1832, they removed to 

 Boston, and there entered on a remarkable career, in time form- 

 ing the firm of Hook & Hastings, now known throughout Amer- 

 ica as organ - builders of the highest rank. Hook & Hastings 

 came into being in 1865, through the accession of Mr. F. H. Hast- 

 ings, an expert workman and a graduate of their shoj). The 

 Hook brothers died within a year of each other, George C. Hook 

 passing away in 1880, at the age of seventy-three; Elias, the 

 founder of the house, in 1881. The business thereupon devolved 

 on Mr. Hastings, who has conducted it since then with much suc- 

 cess. Evidences of the great skill of Hook & Hastings are scat- 

 tered all over the continent. Among their important instruments 

 may be mentioned the organ in Music Hall, Cincinnati, built in 

 1878, which is one of the largest in the country. The Tremont 



Fig. 9. — Marien Kirche, Dortmuih). 



Temple organ in Boston, remarkable for its artistic qualities, 

 although smaller than the Cincinnati instrument, is another nota- 

 ble product of this firm. Visitors to the Centennial Exhibition 

 in 1876 may remember the magnificent instrument in use there ; 

 this was also supplied from the same establishment. These in- 

 struments are equipped with every mechanical and scientific de- 



