Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 40.djvu/650

 business, was, like Appleton, a graduate of the elder Goodrich's establishment. Winning notice toward 1832, they removed to Boston, and there entered on a remarkable career, in time forming the firm of Hook & Hastings, now known throughout America as organ-builders of the highest rank. Hook & Hastings came into being in 1865, through the accession of Mr. F. H. Hastings, an expert workman and a graduate of their shop. 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 success. Evidences of the great skill of Hook & Hastings are scattered 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



Temple organ in Boston, remarkable for its artistic qualities, although smaller than the Cincinnati instrument, is another notable 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 instruments are equipped with every mechanical and scientific