Estey Organ after World War IIįollowing World War II, Estey developed and manufactured electronic organs, joining a limited number of companies that manufactured all three types of organs-reed, pipe, and electronic. The company provided organs for many important locations, including New York City's Capital Theatre, the Sacramento, CA Municipal Auditorium, and Henry Ford's home in Dearborn, Michigan.Īlso during the era of silent films, Estey made over 160 theatre organs.
They built and sold more than 3200 pipe organs across the US and abroad. In 1901, Estey Organ Company began making pipe organs, and became one of the largest American pipe organ manufacturers. It made more than 520,000 instruments, all labeled Brattleboro, Vt. Over its more than one hundred years, Estey became the largest and best known manufacturer of reed organs in the world. In 1926 Estey-Welte formed The Welte-Mignon Studios of Florida, Inc. This became the company's home, and the offices of the Welte Mignon Studios and the other subsidiary companies-including the Estey Piano Company, the Welte Mignon Corporation, the Welte Organ Company, the North American Discount Company, the Estey-Welte Securities Company, and the Eswell Realty Corporation. That year, it acquired the Hall Organ Company of West Philadelphia and a new built six-floor building at 695 Fifth Avenue as showrooms and salesrooms. In 1926 the company used the name, Estey-Welte Corporation.
Jacob Estey saw the manufacturing and sale of these instruments, later known as American reed organs, as a new business opportunity. Estey & Company, Estey Organ Company-and finally, Estey Organ Corporation. In 1855, Estey organized the first manufacturing company to bear his name, Estey & Greene-followed by Estey & Company, J. Despite having no musical talent or skills as an inventor, Jacob Estey grew the company into a great success, giving up the plumbing business. When the renters ran short of cash, Estey took an interest in the business in lieu of rent, eventually becoming sole proprietor. He died in 1890.Ībout 1850, Estey built a two-story shop in Brattleboro and rented it out to a small company that manufactured melodeons. He soon bought the shop, beginning a long career as a successful businessman. In 1835 he arrived in Brattleboro, Vermont at age 21 to work in a plumbing shop. Jacob Estey, born 1814 in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, ran away from an orphanage to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he learned the plumbing trade.
1.3 Estey Organ in the early 20th century.
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