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Some vague words were spoken in regard to keeping the Brattleboro operation going, but it seemed unlikely.

Industry Musical instruments Founded 1850s Founder Jacob Estey Defunct c.

Headquarters Brattleboro, Vermont Area served Worldwide Products Pump organs (Melodeon, American reed organ) Pipe organs, Theatre organs, Electronic organs Subsidiaries Estey Piano Co., Welte Mignon Corp., Welte Organ Co., North American Discount Co., Estey-Welte Securities Co., Eswell Realty Corp., Magna Electronics Co.

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The company, based in Brattleboro, Vermont, was founded in 1852 by Jacob Estey, who bought out another Brattleboro manufacturing business.

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.

Estey built around 500,000 to 520,000 pump organs between 1846 and 1955.

Estey also produced pianos, made at the Estey Piano Company Factory in New York City.

In 1835 he arrived in Brattleboro, Vermont at age 21 to work in a plumbing shop.

When the renters ran short of cash, Estey took an interest in the business in lieu of rent, eventually becoming sole proprietor.

Despite having no musical talent or skills as an inventor, Jacob Estey grew the company into a great success, giving up the plumbing business.

In 1855, Estey organized the first manufacturing company to bear his name, Estey Greenefollowed by Estey Company, J.

Estey Company, Estey Organ Companyand finally, Estey Organ 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.

This became the companys home, and the offices of the Welte Mignon Studios and the other subsidiary companiesincluding 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.

In 1926 Estey-Welte formed The Welte-Mignon Studios of Florida, Inc.

USA. In 1901, Estey Organ Company began making pipe organs, and became one of the largest American pipe organ manufacturers.

They built and sold more than 3200 pipe organs across the US and abroad.

The company provided organs for many important locations, including New York Citys Capital Theatre, the Sacramento, CA Municipal Auditorium, and Henry Ford s home in Dearborn, Michigan.

He had been a pioneer in the research and development of electronic musical instrument since the 1930s, and had developed the Bode Organ in 1951.

At Estey, he helped develop the Estey Electronic Organ model S and AS-1 (1954), 17 18 then served as a chief engineer and a vice-president of Estey during the late 1950s.

They sold these throughout the 1990s, exclusively through their chain of retail stores.

Fletcher Music Centers and the Estey Organ Company corporate office is in Clearwater, Florida.

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In 2019 the brand was revived for a series of entry level instruments manufactured in China for sale through the dealer network left without new product after the demise of Lowrey.

At its height, the complex had more than 20 buildings, many of which were interconnected by raised walkways and covered bridges.

Several of the buildings were built with distinctive slate siding, resulting in an architecturally unique collection of such structures in the state.

One of the buildings now houses the Estey Organ Museum; the entire surviving complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, both for its architecture, and as a major economic force in Brattleboro for many years.

Estey Hall on the campus of Shaw University is named after Estey, who contributed to the construction of the building.

Fletcher Music Centers continued the tradition of community involvement by helping fund a music therapy wing at All Childrens Hospital located in St.

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In 1959, Estey acquired Magna Electronics and made F.

Headquarters moved from the east coast to the Torrance where a line organs would be added to what was already in production under the Magnatone name.

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