The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-12-22

lnmltable writer, recognizing the elevat
ing and refining influence of music, said
that he did not know grander effect OF
music on the moral feelings than to hear
the full choir and the pealing organ per-
forming a Christmas anthem in a cathe-
dral and filling every part of the vast pile
with triumphant harmony. But necessary
as are the accessories of full choir and cathe
dral organ to the enjoyment of the music
in its grandest and most inspiring effects.
yet such favorable conditions are not availa-
BILE to the generality of mankind The in
geuuity and Inventive genius of the age,
however, have supplied for the masses what
the accident of birth or the acquisition of
wealth once restricted to few the realiZa-
ton of-the home enjoyment of the inspir
ing strains of the reed organ. The grand
pipe organ is, indeed, still the indispensa
BILE accessory of the church and cathedral.
and the grand piano the sole privilege of
moneyed competence; but American enter
prise and skill have placed within reach
of the humblest home the possession of a
sweet voiced instrument Indeed as an ele-
ment of musical culture i'll the home circle
and social gathering, in public and private
ENTERTAINMENT in school house and semi
nary, in church and Sunday school, in
chapel and lodge room. no other accessory
can possibly occupy place at once so con
spicuous and beneficent. 1t is the friend
teacher, and companion of the masses:
brought in its improved and well nigh per-
fected condition within the means of all.
In view, then, of the ever welcome Christ
mas season, the merry carnival of innocent
mirth and music, we offer the readers of
Tile Wing. for their entertainment and we
hope enjoyment. this illustrated article upon
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the parlor oIgan.-and have selected, for
illustration, the celebrated Estey Organ
which, in our estimation, takes precedence
of all others. Few people in the civilized
world, who take any interest in music, have
not heard of the Estey Organ; and no one
possibly in this section of the United States.
interested in musical matters. has not heard
oft repeated the name of Prof. Henry San
ders, the composer of SO many charming
religious and Sunday school airs and the
well known firm of which he is a member
Sanders " Slayman,- hose magnificent
ware rooms in Baltimore and Washington
are such popular attractions upon the most
prominent thoroughfareS of both these
cities. Still but small proportion of the
admirers of the Estey Organ have ever
thought of its emanating from a manufac
tory of such magnitude as it really does.
the realizing.
Standing on a commanding eminence,
overlooking the picturesque village of Brat
tleboro, Vermont. is the largest Reed Or
gan Mandatory in the world, owned and
run by Messrs. J. Estey Il Company. The
establishment comprises eight main slate
covered buildings, which are forty feet
apart three stories high, one hundred feet
long, and from thirty to thirty eight feet
wide. In the rear of these are IA fire proof
engine and boiler, two large lighthouses,
fire engine house, black smiths shop,
and capacious store and shipping houses.
Near at hand is a gas house, which sup
plies the factories and some portions of the
village with excellent illuminating gas
Steam is used for heating the buildings.
There are six large boilers of three hun
bred horse power, and Corliss engine of
one hundred horse power. The lighthouses
hold several hundred thousand feet of lum-
Der, sufficient to insure an ample supply of
properly seasoned material at all times. A
steam fire engine is kept constantly ready
for use, and can be manned at a moments
notice by drilled company Of workmen.
On each floor of every building i. Il row of
pals filled with water. and two dozen port
able fire extinguishers are distributed about
the premises. A comprehensive system of
speaking tubes and electric bells establishes
instantaneous communication between the
office and all parts of the establishment
1t is hardly necessary to add to this brief
outline sketch, that the most thorough Sys
TEN characteriZes the working of the mann
factory throughout, aud that every posi-
BILE care and precautlon are taken to secure
for the employees health, comfort and
safety. The precision of clock work is
maintained in every department. and the
general management of the large business
of the concern betoI>ens wise economy and
iudicious liberality. In the immediate vi
cinity pretty little village has grown up,
composed largely of houses built and owned
by workmep. 1t is neatly laid out, occu-
pies an attractive site. and is called Estey-
vile.
A visit to this establishment would well
repay any one interested in the combined
industrial and art products of America,
and reveal marvels III mechanism and mira
cles of ingenuity never dreamed OF. The
modern reed organ, which has come by
gradual processes from the primitive reed,
invented by the Chinese at some remote
period of the worlds history, is a cOmpi-
Gated machine, requiring, in It's constiuc-
ton, very great in every part where
the Estey Mandatory may he seen some
of the most beautiful and intricate maChin-
cry known to modern mechanics: and, in
fact, manual labor is promptly turned in
other directions wherever machinery, how
ever complicated, can be called into play
with it's superhuman precision. This is
undoubtedly one great reason why the EStey
Organ takes precedence of all others, just
as American watches, made by machinery.
are taking tho place every where of those
made by hand in the Old World.
The various stages of the evolutionary
process, which has eventuated III the reed
organ of to-day might be marked in this
order, The mouth harmoniCa, the accor
dion, the iiat;na, the seraphine and the
melodeon. ANY one fatniIa" with these
instruments can read, with the Iuickness
of thought, the eloquent story of IA genera
ton of mechanical and art progress and
achievement, for the manufacture OF or
gans was begun in Brattlebor", in 1916, by
Jacob Estey, who is practically the father
of their gradual development and present
perfection 800 is the lowest price AT
which a really good pipe organ can be at
forded, and piano. suitable for family use
costs from $400 to *je1. Messrs. Estcy x
Co. furnish, for from $500 10 $500, an or
gan SO admirably balanced IN tone and
power that ma ority of the congregation