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Farrand & Votey Organ Company was a nineteenth-century manufacturer of pianos, reed and pipe organs, and player pianos located in Detroit, Michigan. It evolved from William R. Farrand and Edwin S. Votey, hence the name of Farrand & Votey. The company is the development of the old Detroit Reed Organ Company that was originally bought out in 1881. The Farrand & Votey Organ Company produced 7,200 instruments a year by 1889. The company made huge organs on special order contracts. In 1891 the company built a monumental 2,700 pipe organ for the Detroit's First Presbyterian Church. In 1893 it built a huge organ for the Chicago World's Fair, where it was played in recitals by world-renowned organists. In 1897 it built the nation's largest pipe organ. The company dissolved in 1897 and split up int

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  • Farrand & Votey Organ Company was a nineteenth-century manufacturer of pianos, reed and pipe organs, and player pianos located in Detroit, Michigan. It evolved from William R. Farrand and Edwin S. Votey, hence the name of Farrand & Votey. The company is the development of the old Detroit Reed Organ Company that was originally bought out in 1881. The Farrand & Votey Organ Company produced 7,200 instruments a year by 1889. The company made huge organs on special order contracts. In 1891 the company built a monumental 2,700 pipe organ for the Detroit's First Presbyterian Church. In 1893 it built a huge organ for the Chicago World's Fair, where it was played in recitals by world-renowned organists. In 1897 it built the nation's largest pipe organ. The company dissolved in 1897 and split up int (en)
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  • Farrand & Votey Organ Company was a nineteenth-century manufacturer of pianos, reed and pipe organs, and player pianos located in Detroit, Michigan. It evolved from William R. Farrand and Edwin S. Votey, hence the name of Farrand & Votey. The company is the development of the old Detroit Reed Organ Company that was originally bought out in 1881. The Farrand & Votey Organ Company produced 7,200 instruments a year by 1889. The company made huge organs on special order contracts. In 1891 the company built a monumental 2,700 pipe organ for the Detroit's First Presbyterian Church. In 1893 it built a huge organ for the Chicago World's Fair, where it was played in recitals by world-renowned organists. In 1897 it built the nation's largest pipe organ. The company dissolved in 1897 and split up into two separate companies of the owners, each making their own style of organs. (en)
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