Employees
(Click on photos for more details.)
| William A.
Aldrich | |
| Edward J.
Anderson | |
| Fred
Anderson | |
| Robert V.
Anderson | |
| Robert V.
Anderson, Jr. | |
| A. Anita
Atamaniuk | |
| Mark K.
Atamaniuk | |
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Eber Augustson |
| Ivan Augustson - final assembly | |
| Bertram E.
Baldwin, Jr. - Sales Manager | |
| Arthur H.
Barnard | |
| Hazel C.
Barnard | |
| Daniel H. Bement - "...one of the oldest employees of the Estey Organ Co. celebrated his eightieth birthday anniversary Ovtober 30. The ocassion was made happy and interesting for Mr. Bement by his comrades at the factory, in the manner that is usually adopted by young people instead of veterans. He was presented with many little gifts, consisting of books, cut-flowers, etc." The Music Trades, Dec. 14, 1903 | |
| Benjamin
Betts | |
| George Bigelow - final assembly | |
| Edward W.
Bird | |
| Carl W.
Bjorklund | |
| Nellie
Blanchard | |
| William
Blanchard - final inspection 35 years | |
| Charles Booker - finishing | |
| William
Brame | |
| Clayton
Bradeen | |
| Charles H.
Brockington | |
| Mabel
Brockington | |
| George K.
Brooks | |
| A. Brungardt | |
| Harry A.
Burrington | |
| James E.
Buzby | |
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Claude H.Carr |
| John
Chambers | |
| Howard E.
Chapin | |
| Alonzo F.
Crosier | |
| Helen M.
Crown | |
| Alfred A.
Dascomb | |
| Anthony
DeMatteo | |
| G. Orville
Dunklee - Plant Superintendent | |
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C. Harry Ekberg |
| Oscar
Ekberg | |
| Arthur L.
Ellis | |
| Raymond E. Ellis | |
| Allethaire
C. Estey | |
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Jacob Estey - President & Founder |
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Julius Estey - Vice President |
| Wilson G.
Estey - Sales Manager | |
| Edward E.
Fallstone | |
| Oscar S.
Fellows | |
| Robert W.
Fisher | |
| Edward D.
Fitzgerald | |
| Wallace W.
Foster | |
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Levi K. Fuller |
| James
Galvin | |
| Elsie D.
Gaul | |
| Victor J.
Gero | |
| Fay Gilson
- foreman, finishing | |
| Lada
Gould | |
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Marshall D. Grout |
| James G.
Guilheen | |
| Mary E.
Guilheen | |
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August F. Gunzinger - apprenticed at
several large organ-building shops in Germany, France and Switzerland.
Served as pipe maker and voicer to Aristide Cavaille-Coll for seven years.
Came to Estey Organ Company in 1905. |
| Charles
Gunzinger - Head Voicer | |
| Myrtle A.
Gunzinger | |
| Henry
Hancock - President | |
| Alfreda P.
Harris | |
| Leon L.
Harris | |
| Mary
Harris | |
| Charles E.
Haskell | |
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William E. Haskell (1865-1927) Came to
Estey in 1901 to head up the company's pipe organ department. A prolific
inventor, he had numerous patents to his credit, including the so-called
labial or "reedless" reed stops and the Haskell-bass pipes. Click on
photo for more information.
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| Fred Hebden | |
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Charles
Henkel (1842-1915) Woodworker
and designer of many of the cases for the Este reed
organs. |
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Elroy "Cy"E. Hewitt - began working for
Estey during the summer when he was 13 in 1912 and was employed full-time
in 1916 at the age of 17. He worked for the company until all the
employees were let go and the company closed in 1958, except for a short
period in 1932 when the company was closed due to bankruptcy. |
| William A.
Howe | |
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James Blaine Jamison (1882-1957) Employed
by Estey from 1920-1933. An early proponent of the concept of the
"clarified ensemble" as an alternative to the largely 8' based organs of
the early 20th century. In 1933 he went to work for the Austin Co.
for years, designing many important organs for that company. |
| Emma C.
Johnson | |
| Henry
Johnson | |
| Oscar B.
Johnson | |
| Thorwald
A. Johnson | |
| Guy C.
Jones | |
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Joseph L. Jones - brother of Samuel H. Jones. Together they established a reed organ making firm in Brattleboro, VT in 1846, which was bought out in 1852 by Jacob Estey. This was the beginning of the organ business ub Brattleboro. | |
|
Samuel H. Jones | |
| Sidney T.
Jones | |
| Clayton F. Knapp | |
| Raymond C.
Livingstone | |
| Arthur H.
Longueil | |
| Doris V.
Magnuson | |
| Alice B.
Manning | |
| Archie D.
Marchant | |
| Hilmer
Marine | |
| Werner
Marine - final inspection 36 years | |
| Andy
Mastaler | |
| Charles W.
Merritt | |
| Nelson
Nephew | |
|
Oscar Pearson | |
| Elmer
Pike | |
| Floren L.
Pike | |
| William L.
Pomeroy | |
| Leo Potvin - final assembly | |
| Premo F.
Ratti - Executive Vice-President & Treasurer | |
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Hyacinth J. Renaud |
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Paul Rupert - Estey organ agent in Saltillo, PA
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| Bernard R.
Reynolds | |
| Paul L.
Sadd | |
| Bradford
Sargeant | |
| Martin
Schlatner | |
| Harry J. Sexton - finishing | |
| Francis D.
Shallow | |
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Summer M. Sherman - Appointed superintendent of the
tuning department and began his duties | |
| Rollin
Simons | |
| Harry M.
Sparks | |
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Georg Steinmeyer - Head of the Pipe Organ
Division (1955-60). |
| Ellen B. Stiff | |
| Lewis C. Stiff | |
| Glendon C. Stillings | |
| Albert
Streeter | |
| Harry B.
Sugden | |
| Clarence
W. Trendall | |
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Edwin Votey -
born June 8, 1856 at Ovid in Seneca County, NY, the son of a
Baptist pastor, the Rec. Charles Votey. In April 1873, the family moved to
West Brattleboro, VT where Charles Votey had been called to take charge of
a newly established Baptist
Church. Formerly a meetinghouse for the Universalist Society, the
building had been purchased and repaired with funds from three directors
of the Estey Organ Co. |
| Floyd
Ware | |
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Harry F. Waters
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| Martha L.
Weeks | |
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John Wessel - born in Zoeterwoude, Holland
11/15/22. Employed by Estey in 1954. Since the closing of the company in
1960, John has repaired Estey organs extensively in the area, and probably
has had more experience with Estey pipe organ construction than any other
living person. |
| Ernest M.
White - Foreman | |
| Rosamund
Whitworth | |
| Lawrence
T. Wightman | |
| Harry D.
Wilbur | |
| Charles E.
Wilson - reed making | |
| Hannah O.
Wilson | |
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Grace A. Wisell |
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Ida B. Worden |
| William J.
Young, Jr. | |
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