Durst & Co.

Active: Unknown - Unknown Type: Organ SupplierBuilder ID: 1810

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Erie, Pennsylvania, from 1924; reorganized 1926; merged as Organ Supply Industries, 1984.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Established by Val P. Durst in Erie, Pennsylvania, 1924; reorganized as Durst, Boegle & Co., 1926; resumed previous name; acquired Erie Reed Pipe Co., 1933; acquired by Fred Gluck, 1971; merged with Organ Supply Co. as Organ Supply Industries, 1984, by Fred Gluck, owner of both firms.

Staff: Carl F. Durst; Roland Durst.

Sources:

  • Diapason: Nov. 1965, 34.
  • David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 798.
  • Music (American Guild of Organists, Nov. 1978), 40.
    (Music 1967-1978; name changed to The American Organist starting with the Jan. 1979 issue. )
  • Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
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