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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.
Estey Organ Museum: Brattleboro: Windham: Organ Manufacturing: Preserving, displaying, and the work of the Estey Organ Co. [20] Ethan Allen Homestead Museum: Burlington: Chittenden: Historic house: Late 18th-century home Vermont's founder Ethan Allen [21] Eureka Schoolhouse: Springfield: Windsor: Education: Late 18th century one room schoolhouse
The company's main factory was located southwest of downtown Brattleboro, on the south side of Whetstone Brook between Birge and Organ Streets. At its height, the complex had more than 20 buildings, many of which were interconnected by raised walkways and covered bridges. One of the buildings now houses the Estey Organ Museum.
Description: Illustrated Catalogue of Cottage Organs (1875), J. Estey & Company (Brattleboro, Vermont) Date: 1875: Source (1875) Illustrated catalogue of cottage organs : giving a brief account of the most extensive cottage organ establishment in the world; together with a description of the different styles of organs manufactured, their peculiarties and patented improvements, J. Estey ...
Dennis Waring giving a presentation about Estey Organs at Norwich University, 2019. Dennis Waring is a multi-instrumentalist musician, teacher, historian and ethnomusicologist who was the Connecticut State Troubadour from 2003 through 2004. [1]
The $1.5 million grant, plus private donations, will fund a two-year restoration project for the nearly 100-year-old organ in the Ringling mansion. Ringling Museum receives large grant to restore ...
At the age of 18, Haskell began working with his father, and around 1901, he established the William E. Haskell Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This organ-building firm was later acquired by Estey Organ Co., and Haskell became superintendent of the Estey pipe organ division, which was located in Vermont. He died there on May 13, 1927.
The rose window was installed in 1950, and the current altar dates from 1957. The current organ is a historic instrument, built by the Estey Organ Company in 1908, and installed in this church in 1988 after being rescued from what had been the Washington D.C. Masonic Temple, now the National Museum of Women in the Arts. [10]