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passed through his hands. The class of work turned out varies from the leather bindings, used by colleges and public libraries, to the costly tool-finished volumes for collectors. Musical instruments The Mason & Hamlin Co. In 1854 Henry Mason and Emmons Hamlin formed a partnership for the manufacture of melodeons, and in 1861 the American cabinet or parlor organ was introduced in its present form by that firm. The merits of the improved instrument were soon recognized, and the orglt the extensive factory on the corner of Broadway and Brewery Street, which they now occupy. The buildings cover thirty-five thousand square feet of land, and contain one hundred and fifty thousand square feet of working floor space. The first Mason & Hamlin organ was made in 1854 and the first piano in 1881. The capacity of the factory is ten thousand organs and fifteen hundred pianos annually. Nearly four hundred men are employed, and the pay-roll is about two hundred and fifty thousand