Wesleyan university press 2000. Below is a very brief chronology of the estey organ company.
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Wesleyan university press 2000.
[Free DOWNLOAD] Manufacturing The Muse Estey Organs Consumer Culture In Victorian America. In 1852 jacob estey founded the company and bought out another brattleboro manufacturing business. Estey reed organs on. Estey also produced pianos made by the estey piano.
Waring 2002 manufacturing the muse. Manufacturing the muse is the story of the reed organ a centerpiece in american parlors churches and gathering places for nearly a century. In his book manufacturing the muse dennis waring has effectively held a magnifying glass to victorian society offering significant insights into the role of the reed organ in the consumer culture of nineteenth and early twentieth century america.
For a comprehensive examination of the company we recommend the book manufacturing the muse by dennis waring. It is also the story of venerable new england entrepreneur jacob estey whose industrial standardization of instrument manufacture strongly affected victorian popular culture social stratification gender issues and musical taste. In his book manufacturing the muse dennis waring has effectively held a magnifying glass to victorian society offering significant insights into the role of the reed organ in the consumer culture of nineteenth and early twentieth century america.
But the scope of the work is much more far reaching than would be. Manufacturing the muse is the story of the reed organ a centerpiece in american parlors churches and gathering places for nearly a century. Its history how it works how to rebuild it.
Estey organs and consumer culture in victorian americamiddletown conn. Book reviews dennis g. Manufacturing the muse differs from earlier social histories related to musical instrumentssuch as karen linns that half barbaric twang.
Certainly his study encompasses the estey organ company in particular. Book reviews dennis g. Estey organs and consumer culture in victorian america.
For a century the estey organ company in brattleboro vermont was the largest organ manufacturer in the united states. A social history 1954in its coverage of the purely technical or physical aspects of esteys organs. The banjo in popular american culture 1991 and arthur loessers men women and pianos.
Estey organs and consumer culture in victorian americamiddletown conn. American reed organ and the harmonium. It is also the story of venerable new england entrepreneur jacob estey whose industrial standardization.
At its peak the company employed approximately 700 people and sold its high quality items as far away as africa great britain australia and new zealand. Estey organs and consumer culture in victorian america. Estey organs and consumer culture in victorian america middletown connecticut.
Estey built around 500000 to 520000 pump organs between 1846 and 1955.
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