We suggest that you look at our Organ Classifieds page or on-line auction sites to determine the value of your item.There are several reputable organ restorers in New England and throughout the country.
The Reed Organ Society has member throughout the United States who specialize in this work. By the time the company closed in the late 1950s they had built over 521,000 reed organs. A few organs have been identified with lower serial numbers than dates of manufacture, perhaps indicating that they were not made consecutively. Ned Phoenix, an expert in reed organ restoration, has provided a guide for locating serial numbers on Estey reed organs and melodeons. Estey Organ S Free To ContactIf you are trying to determine the age of an organ with no serial number, please feel free to contact the museum for assistance. This is just an estimate, but it will give you a good idea of when your Estey was built. Below are instructions for viewing this chart on the Reed Organ Society website. A chart of serial numbers with corresponding dates will appear. Most of these records were destroyed when the company closed in 1960. However, we do have photo copies of the Shop Orders for about 23 of the organs. The Brattleboro Historical Society has access to most of the correspondence files for the pipe organs. The Estey Organ Museum has records on most pipe organs built and shipped. This list was compiled by E.A.
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