2004-10-30/2019-09-07 - 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.
2010-04-16/2020-04-09 - For further information on Frank Hastings and the Hook & Hastings firm, see the main entry at E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings.
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