This organ still plays, has original bench. Leather strap on one of the pedals has broke. It is being sold by the origial church it was bought for in 1906. Have the original Certificate and Warrantee.
The Williams Piano & Organ Company was established in 1855 by J.W. Williams as the J.W. Williams Company, and in 1884 the name was changed to J.W. Williams & Sons. The firm incorporated as the Williams Piano & Organ Company in 1889. They built a large, state-of-the-art factory at Fullerton Avenue in Chicago where both their pianos and reed organs were built. Williams enjoyed a very good reputation for building higher quality, durable instruments. They built pianos and organs under the brand names of Williams & Sons, Epworth, and Pennington. The firm was out of business before the Great Depression.
A vintage Epworth in good appearance and working order will generally sell from $3,500 to $8,000 to a collector or enthusiast.
Asking $5000 for this rare piece of Americana.
