The Mellotron Group

Having read some, I see that Estey made about half a million up to the 
1950s. The one I was looking at was listyed as 'valued up to \ufffd1000' then 
reduced from \ufffd500 to \ufffd250 to \ufffd200 or nearest offer'. I eventually tried 
it on Monday and learned why. The reeds were missing from a bunch of 
notes, the bellows were leaky and four of the stops appeared either 
disconnected or just had no effect.

It wasn't a pipe top one - if it was I'd have bought it just as a bit of 
decorative furnitire.

Mike



ceccles_ca wrote:
>
> Estey made a lot of them between 1900 and 1910. They all used a
> vacuum air system didn't they? I have seen two Estey parlor organs at
> the Antique shop in the past year. $800 - $1200. They both had leaky
> air boxes and somewhat broken pump pedals. (an easy fix?)
>
> I'd like to see/play one with the pipe top.
>
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Mike Dickson
> <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone had any dealing swith Estey reed organs?
> >
> > There is one for sale near me and I'm tempted, but any pointers of
> > things to look out for etc would be appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> >
> > Free Music Project: http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson 
> <http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson>
> > Or http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/>
> >
>
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