The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-12-31

ically examined in every part and respect
by the Inspector. If anything is found
wrong it is remeded if possible, and if i,
cannot be remedied the instrument is con.
demned, for it is cardinal principle with
Estey a. Co. to send out no imperfect or.
gans. Every man has his department Of
work and whenever the inspector finds a
defect he knows whom to call for, and
stepping into the office, which is connect
ed by speaking tubes with each floor Of
the several buildings, he notifies the per-
son in whose department the trouble oc-
Cured. A careful record is kept of the
standing Of every persons work, and as
the aim Of the propriectors is to make con-
slant advancement in the standard of
work performed,a workman who does not
show steady improvement very soon has
permanent leave Of absence given him.
Over four hundred persons are now EN-.
ployed in the establishment, many oil
whom have been there ever since the en-.
terprise was started, and in looking about
over the workmen one sees quite a num-
Der of gray headed men whose term Of
service has been twenty years or more.
Skill and experience form an organ max
er's capital, and the policy of the proprie-
tors is to keep all faithful and skillful
workmen, and make as few changes in
their force as possible. The workmen
too become enthusiastic in their work.
and most of then are quite os ambitious
as are the 2roprietors for steady improve
ment and progress in the character of the
work turned out. With the exception oil
half dozen Germans and Swedes, and
three or four Irishmen who are employed
in the yard, the entire force of work men
employed is of American birth and ex.
traction, and the employment Of SO large
and so skillful force is no small advan-
tage to the material and other interests
Of Brattleboro. The present production
of organs is two hundred week and even
this large production does not keep pace
with the demand. The sales are all made
at wholesale to local agents in differen,
parts of the country, with the exception
of the Southern States, and the weekl :
orders of these agents are constantly
ahead of the production The increase
in production must necessarily be small
and slow, for considerable time is needed
for making u good organ workman, and
only actual trial will determine whether
or not a persons forte lies in that d;rec.
tion.
The estimation in which the public
holds the Estey organs is sufficiently at
tested by the constantly increasing de-
mand for their instrunents,by the unsolic
tied testimonials of these who have used
them, ,and by some hundred and fifty med
ais, first premiums and diplomas which
have been awarded them at fairs and ex
hibtions in different parts of the country
As complete as is the Estey organ to
day, it will be completer tomorrow, i
possible, for those gentlemen who have
built up this business from small begin
nings and precarious success until it rep
resents permanent investment Of abou
million dollars and disburscs for labor
nearly thousand dollars for every work
ing day in the year, are not the men t.
rest satisfied with any present achieve
ment of excellence in the instrument
which they manufacture They hav
been vlgIant and watchul In the past il
improving their machinery and perfectin
their manufacturing arrangements, an,
the results which they have been able t
reach give undoubted assurance that
however much they have accomplishe
thus far, both for themselves and thei
patrous, they will be no less eager an
earnest in the future in using every re
source Of inventive genius, mechanica
skill, and large capital for the purpos
of giving the public the best reed orga
which can anywhere be made.