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ESTEY ORGAN CO.
ROS Reg No. 6823


Purchased from a couple in Wisconsin (September 2022), who bought it fifty years ago when living in Boston. They say they've never had the bellows worked on, which presumably means a previous owner (whoever between 1887 and ~1972) had them worked on, albeit it sounds like neither they nor their extended family ever actually learned to play it, so its usage during those 50 years would have been limited to dabbling. Either way, the bellows appear to be working just fine at the moment. All notes are sounding and other than a few key-squeaks, buzzing, and a broken Vox Humana linkage (since repaired), it appears to be in very good shape and, if not actually maintained, at least never neglected nor stored poorly.

Information
ROS Reg No.6823
Date Registered9/14/2022
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Serial183336
Manufactured Date1887+/-
Case StyleChapel organ
Maker LocationBrattleboro, Vt
ModelNew Philharmonic
Knee swells
Wood
Keys61
Manual(s)1
RangeF-F
Stops16
Pump methodPumped by Foot
Stops
Sub Bass (13 keys, C8 through C20, 16ft)
Melodia (Bass, 8ft)
Dolce (Bass, 8ft, partial Melodia)
Viola (Bass, 4ft)
Viol d'Amour (Bass, 4ft, partial Viola)
Bourdon (Bass, 16ft)
I Forte
Vox Humana
II Forte
Choral (Treble, 8ft)
Basset (Treble, 16ft)
Flute d'Amour (Treble, 4ft, partial Flute)
Flute (Treble, 4ft)
Dulciana (Treble, 8ft, partial Diapason)
Diapason (Treble, 8ft)
Treble Coupler (All bottom 4 octaves couple up 1 octave)