Reed Organ Vacations!

• The Conklin Antique Organ Museum, located in Hanover, Michigan, has a collection of about 80 instruments.
• Sauder Farm and Craft Village in Archbold, Ohio (near Toledo) has several reed organs on the premises. Plan a visit to the church and schoolhouse exhibits - often one of the costumed staff will be performing on a reed organ! They're currently placing their museum into their web site; hopefully I'll be able to provide links to the actual organs in the future.
• At The Organery, a bed and breakfast located in Nova Scotia, has an organery on the premises and contains a collection of over 100 antique reed organs for viewing or playing.
• The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Brattleboro, Vermont has a permanent display of Estey organs.
• The America's Shrine to Music Museum at the University of South Dakota contains a reed organ display in their Lewison Gallery, and a Vocalion Reed Organ in their Graese Gallery.
• The Victorian Reed Organ & Harmonium Museum is located at Victoria Hall, Victoria Road, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, England. Curators Pam and Phil Fluke have a collection of instruments, catalogues, posters, advertisements, etc. and also have some reference books, sheet music, and recordings for sale. The Museum is open Sunday to Thursday from 11 am to 4 pm.
• The Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California has a three-manual reed organ by Mason and Hamlin, Boston (c. 1889). A recent acquisition is an 1866 Estey Cottage Organ with a rare third pedal which operates a clockwork tremolo mechanism. The museum currently has 15 reed organs listed in their descriptive instrument checklist.
• The Templeton Music Museum and Archives is located at Mississippi State University, just outside of Starkville, Mississippi. Among their holdings is an Aeolian Orchestrelle, c. 1900, which is a player reed organ.

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John K. Estell - 10 December 1997