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Francis H. Hastings View Extant Instruments View Instruments

Distinction:

Boston, Massachusetts, 1855-1885; Kendal Green, Massachusetts, 1885-1916.
Classification: Builder

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April 16, 2010:

For further information on Frank Hastings and the Hook & Hastings firm, see the main entry at E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond. Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Born 1836 in Weston, Massachusetts; brother-in-law of Arthur L. Coburn; with E. & G. G. Hook of Boston, Massachusetts, 1855, draftsman; partner, 1865; firm renamed E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings, 1871; head of firm, 1881; relocated firm to Kendal Green, Massachusetts, 1885; firm renamed Hook & Hastings, 1881; died February 23, 1916 in Kendal Green, Massachusetts.

  • Patent #133,531; 3 December 3, 1872; swell for pipe organ.
  • Patent #578,925; March 16, 1897; electropneumatic action. (jointly with F. J. Flaherty)


Source:

  • The Diapason, April 1916, 1.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on September 07, 2019.

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