
These serial numbers were generally stenciled on with paint, but some were stamped into the wood.

The name then became property of Fletcher Music Centers, Clearwater, FL, who sold electronic organs with that brand name. The Estey name was later aquired by Miner Industries of New Kensington, PA, who made an electrically blown chord organ. By the time the company closed in the late 1950's they had built over 521,000 reed organs. Each Estey reed organ was numbered as it was shipped out. Serial numbers are generally found on a paper label on the back of the instrument. Determining the age of an Estey reed organ starts with identifying its serial number. The reeds were tuned in the organ 10-15-1901. The label in Figure 2 traces the manufacturing of Estey Organ Serial Number 325469. Note that Estey serial numbers do not include a comma. Harmoniums by Alexandre, Kotykiewicz, and others.Īlso have action parts and reeds for Estey T's Estey Melodeon SD & HW Smith ("American") Bell Chicago Cottage Sterling Mason & Hamlin Newman Brothers, Beethoven, and a few others I can't remember at the moment.=> Download Link serial number for estey organ Several Mason & Hamlins including 2-Manual & Pedals 2-manual Bell 2-manual Dominion single-manual reed organs by Mason & Hamlin, Treat & Linsley, Carpenter, Kimball, and others.

Other instruments currently in stock, awaiting refurbishing: Life in a part of the country where coal was used. This Shoninger action, although it was found in San Francisco, must have spent most of its A large number were built, and a surprising number of them still survive.Įven the paper which covers the exhauster was reproduced. The Reed Organ Man has restored several Prince Melodeons. This beautiful Burdett organ first required major repairs to its case it appeared to haveĬase is upside-down in the pics, showing a new piece of wood replacing the broken Of a rare Bertheaux Brothers (Paris) Harmonium under resurrection in 1996 It now graces the home of the 3rd generation to own it.Įstey 383024 (January, 1911) on its way to the shop.

This Putnam reed organ left the Staunton, VAįactory in 1906, and by 2009 looked like the first photo. This organ is complete, but needs total overhaul, which will be on-going for several years. Vocalion #762 (1891) before removal from a home where it had languished for many years. Special Slide-Show Feature: Vocalion Serial Number 834 (being refurbished for the Redmond Oregon Historial Commission) 3 (Estey Chapel Organ)ĭifficult Restoration No. 2 (Faber Suitcase Organ)ĭifficult Restoration No. 1 (Schoniger Organ)ĭifficult Restoration No. Gallery Main Page (Current and Completed Projects) ĭifficult Restoration No. The Gallery has been partitioned into five sections, viz:
