Like leather, felt, and cloth – have all reached the end of their useful lives. Making a sound, your Estey does not really produce a musically pleasing sound due to its poor stateīeing nearly 100 years old means that the perishable materials inside in the instrument – TheirĬhange in pitch is related to age, oxidation, and physical changes in the brass over time. Pipes, or even an acoustic piano, reed organ reeds need tuning only every 40-50 years or so. This dirt along with its age, the reeds themselves are significantly out of tune. It is remarkable it plays as well as it does. Personally I have never seen a reed organ with this amount of greasyĭust and dirt coating every surface and reed. Owing no doubt to its location in the highly industrial area of East Chicago and much of its life spent Inside the case is an extraordinary amount of dirt and grime throughout the mechanism and bellows, Paint job with off-white paint and gold edging (save for the left hand side which must have been up The case unfortunately suffers from an “antiquing” Surprisingly, almost all reeds and notes speak. Has not suffered from amateur repairs or poor maintenance. My impression of your instrument is that it has seen significant use but remains essentially intact and Here is an indpendant evaluation from someone who has restored a number of reed organs. As they say “your guess is as good as mine”. All of the dates in the foregoing are much earlier than that.
#Estey organ 2478 serial number#
As noted above, the serial number would place the manufacturing date around 1925. The Good Shepard Organist said her grandmother remembers as a child seeing the horse drawn wagons pulling the church building from the railroad several blocks away to the final site. Chicago via barge, railroad car and horse drawn wagons to the East Chicago site in 1907-1908 or 1914-1915 depending on the source. We were told that the organ came to Good Shepard Church, East Chicago, from the church in New Carlisle IN, which is between Laporte and South Bend. The history of the Estey Organ is somewhat murky, it is a combination of oral history and documented events. Photos and a video are available in the Gallery tab. The S/N is 430097. Per /j._estey_organ_company.htm serial number list: The organ was used up until it was removed from the church in March 2020. Other parts include pedal assembly, blower (vacuum) assembly, bench. The organ itself is 5’ high x 5-1/2’ wide x 2-1/2’ deep. If you have any questions or are interested in the organ click here to email us. We are currently seeking a good home for a c.1925 Estey style ‘T” Reed Organ, This is a “Fixer Upper” project for a person with an interest in this style organ.
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