“In addition to these pioneer builders, others appear at and about this time, among whom the names of Messrs. E. & G. G. Hook, Josiah H. Ware, Stevens & Gayetty and Mr. Alley, are conspicuous. Of these, Mr. E. Hook and Mr. Gayetty were apprentices, and Mr. Ware and Mr. Stevens journeymen, with Mr. William M. Goodrich. The first-named firm, with Messrs. Stevens & Gayetty, manufactured at Boston, Mr. Ware at Medway, and Mr. Alley at Newburyport…

Among the organs completed by Mr. Ware, was one upon which Mr. William M. Goodrich was engaged almost to the day of his death. It was put up for a time in the Medway church. He also built an organ for Rev. Mr. Twining’s church at Lowell.”

Reference Data:

The Americal Historical Record, Vol. 3, by Benson John Lossing, 1874, pages 168-9