Just found this group. I am the proud owner of an 1875 Estey flat top reed organ I recently restored. I also own a 1858 Treat & Linsley melodeon, and I am in...
I search "portable organ" at eBay at least once a day -- endless fascination there -- and see the very last itemon the page (in lowe area) is a portable by...
Hey, gang -- Here's a speshly purty example of the collapsing-leg type of portable. Can one assume that all such folders were built with a knee lever and 2nd...
Waht do you folks know about restoring the black exterior of a portable -- or the Liberty brand of RO? Ebay item 180117397904 is if this intriguing species....
I guess what I said about eBay being partly for shysters is true: a portable is for sale in my town and the seller claims that every note works. But it only...
Has anybody heard about the ongoing organ exhibits in downtown Brattleboro, the homeland of Estey? http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07141/787698-294.stm ...
Hi, My interest in reed organs started 45years ago when I playd my first one for my grandfathers funeral. I had never seen nor heard one before, and to a 12...
I see an almost identical folder is offered on ebay to the one I told you all about. The description is fine but the seller tells me he just got it at a yard...
Y'all. please comment on this organ: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120129537927&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:US:1 It looks very American -- was...
In regards to the Reed Organ featured on ebay: The information below came from: http://tardis.dl.ac.uk/FreeReed/English/organ_book/node9.html#SECTION000 ...
Hello Everyone, I finally purchased my very first Reed Organ; in addition, I already owned two electrics: a Rodgers 750 and an Allen T15A organ. The reed...
Have you considered registering your Estey with the Reed Organ Society? http://www.reedsoc.org/ BTW, nice sounding Estey, they just don't make anything like...
Hi Don, Thanks for the info/link regarding registering my Estey with the Reed Organ Society; I will get the info down and register. I must admit the unit is a...
Hello Everyone, Trinity Church presents its second series of free summer organ concerts featuring performances on its virtual pipe organ. Cameron Carpenter,...
There's a gorgeous folding Estey listed at present, and a discounted " EMS Foot Pumped Reed Organ ", the black thing from England that used to be constantly...
Today I just purchased my first reed organ. It is a Mason and Hamlin. Of course it doesn't play. If you do pump fast enough you can get a quick note here and...
Patching the bellows probably won't work for long - the rubberized cloth will just crack or tear somewhere else. You can get bellows cloth in a couple of...
... Thanks for the information Michael. I have that DVD and information on the way. When did they stop producing these organs. I was surprised to uncover a...
The exact date that Mason & Hamlin stopped producing is beyond my paygrade - Perhaps one of our members could help, or perhaps the Reed Organ Society...
Wikipedia, though near -terminal with PC, often has the answer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_and_Hamlin ... Kindly note that my new email address is...
... I have visited the wiki several times, and nowhere that I can find is it documented when production of the organs halted, nor a database of the serial...
I just put several valuable/useful books from Google Books into the links portion of the site. I will look for more and add there as they are uncovered. A...
I am very interested in selling my organ listed under the photos section of this group under agwcook. I am located in Pelham, Alabama (20 miles south of...
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