From Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, September 27, 2019. —
According to a contributor to Organ Forum, Phares Steiner died in 2013.
The company is listed as active by Bizapedia, although no date is given. The street address given is presently the address of D.C. Stroth Organ Builders, and Hanns-Georg Reck, son of Gottfried Reck is one of their staff.
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on September 28, 2019.From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). -
Succeeded Steiner Organs; partnership of Phares L. Steiner and Gottfried C. Reck in Louisville, Kentucky, 1968; Steiner left the firm, 1988; active in 1995.
Staff: J. Frank Burkhardt; Thomas Gibson; Donald W. Girone; Roy D. Heimerdinger; D. Dianne Jenkins; Michael Kleuker; Michael A. Liston; Alfred L. Neal; Neil A. Palmer; Michael J. O'Dea; Kilian R. Sullivan; Peter B. Webber.
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