Our Visit to the Estey Organ Museum
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Published 2012-07-11
This is a video of our trip to the Estey Organ Museum in Brattleboro, Vermont. I did not cover everything that we saw, you will have to make a visit to see the rest yourself :)
For more information, or to make a monetary donation to help keep them in operation, visit:
www.esteyorganmuseum.org/
All Comments (21)
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Thank you Rodney for posting and sharing your visit with us all.
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I bought an Estey Parlour organ locally this winter. Its serial number indicated a date of 1883 (older than the Eiffel Tower) and I absolutely love it. (Older than my Grandpa's birth as well in 1885).
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Fantastic tour! So great to see that those historical buildings have been preserved and are being used today.
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Thank you for this precious impression of the Estey organ museum
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This video was a treat from start to finish. It was lots of fun to see the old buildings and the wonderful range of organs; and the informative commentary by the museum host was first rate. As always, I enjoyed your playing, but by far the best part of this video was your infectious enthusiasm, your delight and sense of wonder and excitement - visible everywhere - as you enjoyed and played these old organs. This museum is now on my list of must-see places to take my family. Thanks so much!
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Big thanks for sharing your visit to the museum and for your wonderful artistry!
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Thanks for posting this! I went there recently because of it! Really enjoyed that Pipe Organ! The Reeds were also interesting
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My dad worked there - 1954 to 1960!
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I love seeing your smile when he's explaining the jigsaw. That's the smile on my face this whole video! Thank you for making this awesome educational video. It's amazing to see people so intrigued about organs :)
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such a delightful and excellent video...Thanks, so much, Rodney!!
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Great job as usual Rodney! I visited Brattleboro last summer and really enjoyed visiting the Estey Organ Museum and a few other Estey organs around town. Thanks for making this video and helping to spread the word.
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Fascinating and interesting at the same time! I like very much your organs and their wonderfull music! Watching this video I felt like a kid in a candy store! Thank you very much for sharing this excelent video!
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am enjoying watching this again...maybe....just maybe I'll convince my hubby that we need to go look and see...especially in the fall..my hope and prayers are to drive our RV there!...Can't wait to see your latest trip! I'm afraid I'll be tempted to buy one!
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Thanks, I have ridden past there many times, but never had the opportunity to visit the museum. I have played both an Estey reed organ an electric model. The Reed organ was a most humbling experience.
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A sad but inevitable demise. And then came Yamaha, Roland ... and many others. This museum is something else to add to my bucket list. Thanks, Rodney.
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The action was great! The response was fast and and worked very well. Whoever restored that pipe organ did a wonderful job - they set the windchests far apart from each other so anyone could walk between them and look, listen and feel the wind.
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WONDERFUL Rodney! Wow, has the look of everything changed so much since I last saw those buildings in the 80's. WOW! I would NEVER have believed the comeback that street has made and how well those buildings look today. Thank goodness all wasn't knocked-down in the name of "progress" and some Plywood marvel(?) build in its place with genuine Flakeboard of course so as to be "up to code." So happy for you and your family that you could take this trip. :-) Craig
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Finally made a visit after years of trying. Its has very limited hours, and not really on the way to anywhere. I loved the fact that you are encouraged to play everything and anything, from the tiny pocket organs, to the massive pipe organ. My son really loved that crank-organ at 4:30. I pulled over a chair and cranked for about 30 minutes for him! There is a pressure meter on the side, so you can take breaks... short breaks.
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Simply AWESOME! Love the pipe reed organs, wish I could hear someone play my Cornish like you do!
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Great Video! You looked like a kid in a candy store for the first time! It is obvious that you had a fun time in the museum.
