Estey from brattleboro vt was primarily known for its reed organs.
Estey baby grand piano reviews.
Simpson controlled the arion piano co.
Hi just bought an old mehlin and sons baby grand piano although there are a few scratches on the outside and it needs tuning badly.
Was founded 1869 factory built in new york city.
Truly the best of the best.
Many of these small cheap pianos were so poorly designed and constructed that even when new and regulated and tuned as well as possible they played poorly and sounded terrible.
Pianos rated piano rating guide best excellent very good good fair poor grand pianos group 1 highest quality instruments.
See where your serial number falls and that is the year it was made.
If your grand piano was built between 1910 1935.
Pianos of utmost quality built to the highest standards in the industry.
For 80 years most pianos were made in the usa.
The inside looks pretty good despite some dust and what appears read more.
It moved to japan for 40 years korea for 20 and now indonesia and china.
In 1917 estey was purchased.
It is quite small approximately 53 i have an old estey baby grand piano on the front it says i have a baldwin upright in good condition.
Even in the worst condition most steinway grand pianos can sell for 5 000 to 15 000 or more.
And with this partnership its name was changed to the estey piano co.
A quick web search will reveal if your piano s name alone carries value.
The first wave of pianos from this era began to enter the used piano market in the 1980s as the people who originally purchased them began to retire.
I have an old estey baby grand piano on the front it says 378 estey new york.
Andrea we just acquired an 1922 23 estey baby grand and i have been doing a lot of research.
Other names of valuable pianos would include.
Jacob estey levi fuller julius estey and john boulton simpson.
Before you continue i would like you to check something.
Our piano was in very bad condition.
22591 would date back to 1893.
Estey numbers 1889 15000 1890 19800 1891 20400 1892 21600 1893 22200 1894 23000.
Want to know how old your estey piano is.
Mason and hamlin boosendorfer bechstein baldwin blunther sauter to name only a few.
They also made pipe organs and had a piano business as well.
Many of these piano manufacturers have a very limited production and are hand crafted by artisans.
If you think it is a bit confusing now wait another 15 years.
A large factory was built in new york city where production of upright and grand pianos began.
