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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.
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.
Several million reed organs and melodeons were made in the US and Canada between the 1850s and the 1920s, some of which were exported. [4] The Cable Company, Estey Organ, and Mason & Hamlin were popular manufacturers. Alongside the furniture-sized instruments of the west, smaller designs exist.
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 ...
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