Henry Pilcher retired about 1858, his sons carrying on, to be followed in turn by the. Establish by Jacob Estey as a reed organ manufacturer in Brattleboro, Vermont, beginning 1852. 1852 and began a steady growth in the manufacture of organs. The autoharp and dulcimer appear to us now as antique oddities, but in their. Note from the Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, September 1, 2017. Alfred Dolge, Pianos and their Makers: A Comprehensive History of the Development of the Piano. nineteenth-century wood rattles, conch shells, and an Estey field organ. Throughout the piano manufacturing boom of the 19th century, the majority of piano manufacturing companies and factories in the state of New York were established within the city of New York.ฤก972.