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Nov 16, 2023 6 min

BHS e435-Melodeon Beginnings in Brattleboro

from Brattleboro Historical Society Podcast Hosted by Brattleboro Historical Society

Between the 1850’s and the 1950’s Brattleboro’s Estey Organ Company built more than 500,000 reed organs. Jacob Estey, founder of the business, could not play an instrument, but was instrumental in the development of American musical tastes. This is the story of how it all began...

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