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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1APPENDIX III. Other Boston Pipe Organ Builders – Period 1830-1910
3Addresses from Boston Business Directories
5Names of Firms and Information About the Firms
71899—[address hidden] moved to Hartford, Conn., about 1900
8AUSTIN ORGAN CO. John T. & Basil Austin with C. C. Michell organized in 1899 to make instruments under their patents.
9Started their big "Universal Wind Chest" organs in South Boston, but removed to Hartford, Conn., where they became famous. They rebuilt the Mormon Tabernacle Organ, Salt Lake City, and built the great Portland "Kotzschmar Organ," and the 5 manual Medinah Temple Organ, Chicago. Business discontinued in 1935. For Robert Hope Jones see p. 255.
11Before 1880
12MORITZ BAUMGARTEN
13A German who did fine work as voicer for Hook & Hastings. Built some organs himself including one 3 manual one in the Catholic Church on [address hidden], Boston.
151890—Reading, Mass.
16WM. HORATIO CLARKE
17Born 1840 in Newton, died 1913 in Reading.
18He was organist at Dedham and Boston, teacher in the Perkins Institute for the Blind, 1871 music superintendent in Dayton, Ohio, Schools, organist and organ builder (W. H. Clarke & Co. in Indianapolis), and also in Toronto, and Reading, Mass. Was organist in Tremont Temple 1878-87 and after his retirement in 1887 was much sought after as consulting expert in organ building. In 1890 he erected at his estate in Reading a music chapel, "Clarigold Hall," containing a 4 manual organ of 100 stops.
19Was also a composer and well known writer. Over 120,000 copies of his New Method for Reed Organs were sold. Among other works were Harmonic School for the Organ, A guide to Improvisation and Musical composition.
21Cambridge, Mass.
22GILBERT (J. L.) & BUTLER (GEO. A.) 1
23They worked for George Stevens and succeeded his firm after his death. Built the organ in Leominster Congregational Church, rebuilt by the Frazee Company and now in a Medford Roman Catholic Church; also in M. E. Church, Tapleyville; M. E. Church, West Fitchburg.
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