The Estey factory buildings in Brattleboro were sold and the contents destroyed. The Estey Organ Company was recognized worldwide as a leader. 1960 Brattleboro Facilities ClosedĪfter a number of corporate changes, the company, now Estey Electronics, Inc., moved to California, signaling the end of the reed and pipe organ manufacturing in Brattleboro. For nearly a century, the name Estey was synonymous with reed organs. We invite visitors of all ages to learn how the Estey Organ Company influenced the musical, industrial and social history of the 19th and 20th centuries by exploring our collection of reed, pipe and electronic organs, catalogs, marketing materials, publications, and. The company introduced its first electronic organs, designed by noted German sound engineer Harald Bode. The Estey Organ Museum is devoted to documenting and preserving the heritage of the Estey Organ Company in Brattleboro, VT. At its peak, the company was one of the worlds largest organ manufacturers, employed approximately 700 people, and sold its high-quality items as far away as Africa, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. The company was founded in 1852 by Jacob Estey, who bought out another Brattleboro manufacturing business. Through the late-1950s, the Estey Organ Company continued to manufacture primarily compact pipe organs in the Brattleboro facility. Estey Organ Company was an organ manufacturer based in Brattleboro, Vermont. by the famous Estey Organ Company, together with a brief corporate history. Children are looking out the window at the Estey Organ factory buildings in Brattleboro, Vermont. The Corporate Years: 1953 – 1961 1953 Estey Organ Company Name Maintained : Estey reed organs on parade: A pictorial review of the many. 1888 Can you tell this picture is also an advertisement It shows people playing an Estey Organ, a musical instrument. of New Jersey became the majority stockholder in Estey Organ Company, ending the Estey family’s control of the company. Estey Children’s Organ Brochure 1952 Largest Estey Pipe OrganĮstey installed its single most expensive pipe organ at Florida A&M College.