The Mellotron Group

Missing a bunch of reeds.  That would give it a nice open / airy sound. 

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson
<mike.dickson@...> wrote:
>
> Having read some, I see that Estey made about half a million up to the 
> 1950s. The one I was looking at was listyed as 'valued up to £1000'
then 
> reduced from £500 to £250 to £200 or nearest offer'. I eventually tried 
> it on Monday and learned why. The reeds were missing from a bunch of 
> notes, the bellows were leaky and four of the stops appeared either 
> disconnected or just had no effect.
> 
> It wasn't a pipe top one - if it was I'd have bought it just as a
bit of 
> decorative furnitire.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> ceccles_ca wrote:
> >
> > Estey made a lot of them between 1900 and 1910. They all used a
> > vacuum air system didn't they? I have seen two Estey parlor organs at
> > the Antique shop in the past year. $800 - $1200. They both had leaky
> > air boxes and somewhat broken pump pedals. (an easy fix?)
> >
> > I'd like to see/play one with the pipe top.
> >
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Mike Dickson
> > <mike.dickson@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone had any dealing swith Estey reed organs?
> > >
> > > There is one for sale near me and I'm tempted, but any pointers of
> > > things to look out for etc would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> > >
> > > Free Music Project: http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson 
> > <http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson>
> > > Or http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/>
> > >
> >
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