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1. ESTEY ORGAN CO. VINTAGE FOLDING PUMP ORGAN SERIAL NUMBER
2. ESTEY ORGAN CO. VINTAGE FOLDING PUMP ORGAN MANUAL
3. ESTEY ORGAN CO. VINTAGE FOLDING PUMP ORGAN FULL

There was also a so-called Student Organ with two sets of reeds on each manual and on the pedal the pedal board could be folded up under the keyboards when not in use. Both could be had either pedal or motor operated. According to Robert Whiting, Estey manufactured a small Children’s Organ and a somewhat larger Junior Organ around the 1920s. It was almost inevitable, then, that Estey began developing organs for children starting in the early twentieth century.

In reality, the child sat in the lap of her mother or another female relative who pumped the pedals while showing the child the notes. At this point in the organ’s evolution, children could not play organs themselves, being too short to reach both the keyboard and the pedals at the same time. Ironically, most of the children on the Estey trade cards, both boys and girls, play harps, horns, banjos, drums, and generic viols – almost everything but reed organs. Children were viewed as innocent, sincere, spontaneous and emotional as opposed to adults’ rationality and pretentiousness. According to Dennis Waring in Manufacturing the muse: Estey organs and consumer culture in Victorian America, company officials, like other promoters, used a number of images of children in their trade cards. It was toward the end of the nineteenth century that Estey managers began using children in its advertising.

The manufacture of these instruments came about in conjunction with Victorian mores concerning women, families and children and meshed well with the company’s and its principals’ longstanding concern for the well-being of its employees and their families. Includes BenchMade by Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro, VT, USA.The Estey Organ Museum currently owns several organs made for children. This Antique is a Reed and Bellows Instrument much like a Harmonica or an Accordion. Shotwell St., Bainbridge, Ga)įunctioning Pump Organ.

ESTEY ORGAN CO. VINTAGE FOLDING PUMP ORGAN SERIAL NUMBER

Organs like these were used in WWI by chaplains in the field. This is an antique Estey pump organ, also known as a reed organ. Antique Estey Pump Organ - $250 (SHINGLE SPRINGS).

ESTEY ORGAN CO. VINTAGE FOLDING PUMP ORGAN FULL

Very good condition, it does makes sound as one bellow works, but the other bellow will need repaired for full sound effe. In getting ready for renovation to our home, I no longer have room for it. Made from Estey Organ Company ,Battleboro VT.