Estey Reed Organ: Museum Object and Cultural History
Estey Reed Organ: date made: 1935 -1940. maker: Estey Organ Company. Object Name: organ.
The object in the museum catalogue
This reed organ was made by Estey Organ Company, in Brattleboro, Vermont, around 1935-1940. It is a portable or “Chaplain’s” reed organ, serial number 491204. There is a printed label inside the lid:
ESTEY ORGAN COMPANY Manufacturers BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT, U.S.A. No. 491204 1782
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1935 -1940
- maker: Estey Organ Company
- Object Name: organ
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: vinyl (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 22 in x 30 3/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 55.88 cm x 78.105 cm x 29.845 cm
- place made: United States: Vermont, Brattleboro
- ID Number: 1998.0031.01
- catalog number: 1998.0031.01
- accession number: 1998.0031
- serial number: 491204
- Credit Line: Gift of Glen Grazier
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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