The Estey Organ Museum is pleased to have a wide range of Estey reed organs in our collection, from utilitarian to highly decorative. Our collection includes early Estey melodeons, ornately carved organs for the home and chapel, diminutive children’s organs, and folding travel organs.

2024年10月21日 · For nearly a century, Estey was known worldwide for its reed, pipe, and electronic organs. The Estey Organ Museum highlights the innovations in design, manufacturing, and marketing that made Estey an industry leader.

Pedal-powered reed organs (often referred to as pump organs) were once the most popular instruments in the USA. Manufactured by the Estey Organ Company from 1860 onwards, they were often housed in ornate and elaborate pieces of furniture.

The Estey Organ Company was an organ manufacturer based in Brattleboro, Vermont, founded in 1852 by Jacob Estey. At its peak, the company was one of the world's largest organ manufacturers, employed about 700 people, and sold its high-quality items as far away as Africa, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.

Folding Organ, Style JJ, #403256. Estey Organ Company. Manufactured in 1916. Estey advertised this folding reed organ as “a treasure for missionaries or traveling singers” and “easily transported and always adequate.” Features. Specifications. Manual 4 octaves, C compass. Keys 49 keys. Air Source 2 pedal blowers. Stops no stops.

Curator Darcy Kuronen illuminates how an elaborate reed organ works and how it was used in the late 19th century. The organ, a Grand Salon model, was made by the Estey Organ Company in...

This reed organ was made by Estey Organ Co. in Brattleboro, Vermont, around 1870-1880. It is a parlor style single manual pump organ, with a compass of FF-f4, and two pedals. The organ's stop list is as follows: There are 2 knee levers (Knee Swell, Grand Organ). Place Made: United States: Vermont, Brattleboro.

For over 100 years, the name of Estey was synonomous with the American reed organ. Beginning around 1850, the company produced some 520,000 organs, large and small, in all sizes, shapes and designs.

estey reed organ style model virtual museum brattleboro VT Vermont. Style G. 548 Reeds. Great Manual: Swell Manuel: Pedal Organ: Mechanical: 16 Clarinet 8 Diapason 8 Dulciana 8 Trumpet: 8 Oboe 8 Salicional 4 Flute 8 Vox Celeste II: 16 Pedal Bourdon 16 Pedal Dulciana: Swell to Great Gt Octave Coupler Great to Pedals

This reed organ was made by Estey Organ Company, in Brattleboro, Vermont, around 1935-1940. It is a portable or “Chaplain’s” reed organ, serial number 491204. There is a printed label inside the lid: