"Among the new and enterprising business establishments of Ithaca, The Swiss Organ Company promises to be one of the leading.
The new organization consists of Hon. Wm. L. Bostwick, President; P.F. Session, Secretary and Treasurer; J. H. Hintermeister, General Agent; and H. Wegman, Superintendent of Works. The company commenced operations yesterday in their new building at the Inlet, which is 120x36 ft and two stories high; this building is situated conveniently near the planing mill owned by the same parties, and in which the machinery is placed that is used for dressing the material used. The new building is divided into compartments for the several purposes of an office, which is very nicely furnished, construction, storage, tuning etc., and in its arrangement is a model of convenience. The company has in its employ a force of twenty-five men, who are all skilled and experienced in the art of organ making, some of them being real Swiss workmen. The establishment will make about twenty-five organs a week, for which the proprietors claim an excellence in workmanship and style of finish, equal to that of any other organ factory. Both parlor and church organs will be made, all in the cabinet style. The organs will retail at prices ranging from $100 to $300, depending upon the number of reeds, still of case and finish, number of stops, etc. The proprietors can reasonably claim considerable degree of excellence for their work, for everything about the factory is in first class order; the steam facilities for running the machinery have already done good work, and the technical part is in the hands of men who understand their business."

"The Swiss Organ Company," Ithaca Daily Journal, May 15, 1877, 4.