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Estey Organ Company - Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Brattleboro, Vermont takes organ donation to a whole different meaning. Around 1970, J. Estey and Company produced over 500,000 organs. However, in 1960, the assembly lines shut down. Improbably, hundreds of organs started returning to the town as families donated them. The historical society didn’t know what to do with them. However, they chose the most playable and interesting organs and opened the Estey Organ Museum in the factory premises. They have so many they have to store some next door.