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He learned liis business with Flight & Robson, the famous 

 English builders, and proved a workman of rare ability. In 

 1837 he arrived in New York, bringing over his family with 

 him. American organ-building was in an embryo state at the 

 time, and Jardine was compelled to put his mechanical skill to 

 account in other directions ; but he found an entry into the busi- 

 ness in due time. Working along in an unpretentious way, he 

 awaited an opportunity to show his ability. The Church of St. 

 James gave him a contract for a small instrument, and the out- 

 come laid the basis of 

 his fortune. E. G. Jar- 

 dine, his son, who had 

 been educated to all the 

 niceties and comprehen- 

 sive details of the busi- 

 ness, was taken into 

 partnership in 1860, and 

 upon the death of his 

 father became the head 

 of the firm. This gentle- 

 man has traveled exten- 

 sively in Europe, where 

 he studied the celebrated 

 works of Cavailld-Coll 

 and other noted builders 

 to acquire a broader in- 

 sight into his art. Dur- 

 ing recent years Jardine 

 & Sons have erected the 

 following instruments : 

 Fifth Avenue Cathedral, 

 St. George's, St. Paul's, 

 M. E., Holy Innocents, 

 New York ; Pittsburgh Cathedral, Mobile Cathedral, Christ 

 Church, New Orleans, and the Brooklyn Tabernacle organ, all 

 these being four-manual organs, besides a vast number of other 

 notable instruments, which can not be specified here. George 

 Jardine died in 1883, leaving a name destined to live among the 

 world's greatest organ-builders of this century. 



The present condition of the art of organ-building in America 

 is further exemplified in the magnificent concert instrument 

 erected in the Auditorium Building, Chicago, by the Roosevelt 

 house of New York. Hilbourne L. Roosevelt, the founder of this 

 house, was a native of New York, who was educated to a scholas- 

 tic j)ursuit. Interest in the instrument as a boy led up to an en- 

 thusiasm for the mechanical and artistic possibilities which it em- 



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16. — Early Pbecursob of the American Parlor 

 Organ. 



