2004-10-30/2019-10-08 - 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.
2015-10-27/2020-04-09 - See main entry: Estey Organ Co.
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