Piano Upright Estey

Highland Park IL

15 September, 2021

12:01 PM

Description

Estey Upright Piano  88 Keys Very Good Condition Bought New 1962 Original Owner Location: Highland Park Price: $1,200 obo Contact: [email protected] Estey Upright Piano This upright piano has been in our family since its purchased new in 1962 by my parents. My self and sister grew up in the 60's on this piano in our Skokie den. In my parents Highland Park living room the past 30 years, time for a new generation and home to enjoy this masterpiece of an upright piano. Very good condition, nothing ever damaged, all keys function, good action, rarely now played. The legs are on casters but must be gently moved. Pretty sound. Can be picked up in Chicago Northern Suburb. The Estey Piano Company was very successful throughout the first half of the 20th century. The pianos that were produced were of high quality and are often good candidates for repair, restoration and refinishing. The Estey Piano & Organ Company was one of the most important players in the late 19th and early 20th Century Piano & Organ manufacturing business. Established in 1846, Estey was one of the few American manufacturers to survive over a century. By the 19th Century, Estey was the largest producer of reed organs in the world. In 1885 The Estey Organ Company purchased The Simpson & Proddow Piano Company of New York City, incorporating itself into the now famous Estey Piano & Organ Company. Estey became one of the largest piano manufacturers in New York and the firm was immensely successful. The Estey Piano & Organ Company manufactured many high-quality lines of upright pianos, grand pianos, player pianos and organs during the early 20th Century. In 1834, Jacob Estey moved to Brattleboro, VT, looking for a trade that would meet the needs of a young New Englander. He soon opened a plumbing business which brought in enough money for Estey to invest in a downtown commercial venture, including real estate and capital investments in a new melodeon business thee in Brattleboro. A decade of profits went un in flames in 1857 when the building owned by Estey and home of the melodeon factory caught fire and burned to the ground. Undeterred by his misfortune, Estey immediately set about rebuilding his self-made fortune. This time around, he decided to begin a different type of plumbing business all together, a pump organ business. Within a few years, Estey's parlor organ business was big, producing nearly two thousand organs a month. Estey Company soon became associated with the best pump organs in mass production. Individual workers took pride in high quality craftsmanship, some establishing names and reputations for themselves. Riding on the profits and reputation of the Estey Organ Company, the Estey Piano Company was formed in 1885. The piano factory was built in New York City this time, with fine stores in Boston, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and London. The respected name easily transferred from organs to pianos with both instruments fully represented in the trade. Later, Julius Estey, Jacob's son, was instrumental in promoting the building of the large church organs across the country. The enterprise was successful enough for Estey to build a state of the art facility for producing such large scale instruments.