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The reed stops reflect great credit on the maker, and your com- 

 mittee trust, that for the future, the idea of importing reed stops 

 from Europe may be abandoned; the maker of this instrument hav- 

 ing proved that in this most arduous branch of his art, we can safe- 

 ly submit to a comparison with any European manufactory. 



Mr. Henry Erben is deserving the highest honor that you or any 

 similar institution can confer on him. 



(Signed,) GEORGE LODER, Organist of Grace Church. 



HENRY C. TIMM, " of the Church of the Mes- 

 siah. 

 H. W. GREATOREX, " of St. Paul's Church. 

 WILLIAM A. KING, " St. Peter's Church. 

 U. C. HILL, President of the Philharmonic Society, 



Note. — Dr. Hodges, the organist of Trinity Church, was, by the contract of the 

 -church with Mr. Erben, to plan the instrument; and the several payments by instal- 

 ments to Mr. Erben, were not to be paid unless by the approbation of Dr. Hodges, 

 as the building of the organ progressed. 



