2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - Original note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991); transferred to OHS Online Database, 2005, Jim Cook; edited January 22, 2017, Stephen Hall. Julius J. Estey was born in 1845; he was the son of Jacob Estey. Julius was in the Civil War; he later became a brigadier general in the Vermont National Guard. He became a Vermont state senator in 1882. He succeeded his father as head of the Estey Organ Co. upon the death of father [in 1890 -Ed. ]. Julius Estey died in 1902. Sources: The Diapason June 1930, 1. Robert F. Gellerman, The American Reed Organ (Vestal, NY: The Vestal Press, 1973) , 11.
2015-09-17/2020-04-09 - See main entry: Estey Organ Co.
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