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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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1† ORGAN PLATE of First Harvard Church organ, [address hidden], Brookline, Mass., inscribed "E. & G. G. Hook Co., Boston." Also original draw knob stop plates framed.
2In Essex Institute, [address hidden], Salem. Location [address hidden]. No. 122,567.
3This tracker action organ was dedicated Aug. 26, 1844, its last service was Apr. 27, 1873.
5† MEDALS awarded E. & G. G. Hook for organs, framed.
6In Essex Institute, [address hidden], Salem. Location 24L, side of first organ.
7Gold Medal award by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association for a church organ in the Exhibition of 1853.
8Silver Medal award in 1866 by the Worcester Mechanics Association for a Grand Concert Organ.
10TALL PARLOR ORGAN built by Mason & Hamlin. Has carved leaves and design on top, and a small mirror above shelf.
11In the Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan.
13ORGAN built by New England Organ Co. Has 9 stops and 5 octaves.
14In the Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan.
16ORGAN (pipe?) of S. D. & H. W. Smith.
17At Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan.
18Has 1 manual of 5 octaves, and 5 stops. A conservatory organ bought by subscription for Miss King's Singing School.
20ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORGANS
22The BRATTLE ORGAN in Henry C. Lahee's article "Organs and Organ Building in New England," New England Magazine, December 1897, p. 485.
23Also in Handbook of Musical Statistics Published by Boston Musical Bureau, [address hidden], Boston, 1905 p. 14.
25KING'S CHAPEL ORGAN in Henry C. Lahee's article "Organs and Organ Building" etc. p. 487.
27CHRIST CHURCH, BOSTON, ORGAN showing original case of Thomas Johnston's organ finished about 1758 as part of present organ case, in Ancestry of Lawrence Williams by Cornelia Bartow Williams, opposite p. 248.
29BOSTON MUSIC HALL ORGAN in William King Covell's brochure reprint from The Organ, Vol. XI, Nos. 42 (Oct. 1931) and 43 (Jan. 1932) several illustrations.
30Also in Henry C. Lahee's article "Organs and Organ Building" etc. p. 490.
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