Category:Estey-Welte Corporation

Jonathan Ambrosino. Welte Organ Company. (jambrosino.neocities.org).
"Between World War I and the two Colorado Springs organs, the Welte company underwent a series of reorganizations. All assets were seized by the Alien Property Custodian at the outbreak of hostilities, and held until 1919 when they were sold at auction. George Gittins, owner of the Estey Piano Company in the Bronx (a separate entity from Estey organbuilders in Vermont), eventually acquired the Welte organ company along with other Welte patents and interests. As the economy of the 1920s soared ever upward, Gittins’ savvy and ambition extended to revitalizing Welte’s residence organ sales. In 1925, he decided that Welte should reach further still, taking its place in the ever-competitive arena of church, theatre and concert-hall organbuilding. To this end Gittins hired Robert Pier Elliot, then of W.W. Kimball, to establish an orgabuilding factory in the Bronx. Although Pier Elliot was no longer with Welte when the two Colorado Springs organs were built, his importance to their creation is vital and bears review. "

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