From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). —

In St. Louis, Missouri; with Estey firm of Brattleboro, Vermont, in New York City, New York, 1930, sales, with firm two years in 1930.

Patents held:

• Patent #1,665,868; April 10, 1928; valve action for pipe organ.


• Patent #1,717,638; June 18, 1929; electric action.


• Design #78,909; July 2, 1929; organ.


• Patent #1,767,724; June 24, 1930; electric action.


• Patent #1,767,725 June 24, 1930; electric action.


• Patent #1,793,532; February 24, 1931; electric player action.


• Patent #1,835,360; December 8, 1931; organ.


• Patent #1,753,323; April 8, 1930; magnetic action. (Jointly with V. R. Brown)


• Patent #1,787,559; January 6, 1931; magnetic action.

Source:

• The Diapason December 1930, 27.

While they are not listed as a source in Fox's Guide, in other instances where patents are listed, the text of the United States patent is given as the source for information on patents. —Ed.

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Estey Organ Co.