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The Estey Organ Museum is now closed for the winter. “Thank you” to the many people who visited us this year. We look forward to opening our doors to visitors again next May.

The Estey Organ Museum will hold its annual membership meeting on Sunday, October 20, 4 pm via Zoom.  Please contact the museum at info@esteyorganmuseum.org for a Zoom link and meeting materials.

During EsteyFest, the Estey Organ Museum will be open to visitors Friday through Sunday:  Friday, Sept. 27, 10 am to 3 pm; Saturday, Sept. 28, 9:30 to 11:30 am and 1 to 4:30 pm; Sunday, Sept. 29, 12 to 3 pm.  

On Sunday, September 29, the ROS, EOM, and BHS are inviting the public to three concerts celebrating Estey reed and pipe organs. Concerts will be held at Episilon Spires in downtown Brattleboro. Admission is free, though donations are welcome. 1:30 pm Contemporary music adapted for the Estey reed organ by scholar and keyboardist Artis Wodehouse 3:00 pm Music representing the history of the Estey Organ Company written or arranged for reed organs and performed by six organists from the International Reed Organ Society 7:00 pm Musical vespers (“Music in the Ste. Clotilde Tradition”) performed by celebrated organist Susan Ferre on the glorious Estey pipe organ Brattleboro Community Television will live-stream the 1:30 and 3:00 programs. Click here for more in […]

On Saturday, September 28 at 7:30 pm, Boston’s acclaimed Arpeggione Ensemble will bring to life the original score of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 cult-classic silent film, “Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horrors” at Epsilon Spires in downtown Brattleboro. Arpeggione’s 10-piece chamber orchestra will create an authentic cinema experience, performing on instruments of the period and featuring a 1920s Estey reed organ. Advanced limited seating is available for $20 at epsilonspires.org. Tickets may be purchased at the door if available. Click here for more information.

The Estey Organ Museum and the Reed Organ Society have announced the Final Schedule for their upcoming Gathering. August 26 is the final date to register for the event. See the EseyFest’24 tab for details.

  Registration for EsteyFest’24 ends on Monday, August 26. To register online or by mail, go to the EsteyFest’24 tab.

On Sunday, June 30, 4:00 pm, Gavin Klein, Organ Scholar at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, will play works of Bach, Pachelbel and others on the first pipe organ installed by the Estey Organ Company. The recital will take place at First United Methodist Church, 18 Town Crier Drive, Brattleboro. First United Methodist/Beloved Community is wheelchair accessible, and there is ample parking. A $10 donation is requested to support the Estey Organ Museum.

The Estey Organ Museum will open for the season on Saturday, May 18. The museum will be open on Saturdays, from 2 pm to 4 pm, through October 19.  Check this website for schedule changes or contact the museum at info@esteyorganmuseum.org.

Members of the International Reed Organ Society have chosen Brattleboro, Vermont for their biennial gathering to take place in September 2024. The event will be called EsteyFest ’24 and be sponsored by the Estey Organ Museum, Brattleboro Historical Society, and the Reed Organ Society. Members have been planning a multi-day event to showcase their on-going contributions to reed organ history and preservation, and to promote musical relevance and continued use of reed organs. The Estey Organ Museum at the Estey factory complex will be the gathering headquarters, where attendees can visit, renew old friendships, and play reed organs, as well as the walk-through Estey pipe organ. The Estey factory complex is on the National Register of Historic places, and stands […]