Harry J. Ebert (Organ Co.)

Active: 1968 - 2026 Type: BuilderBuilder ID: 1862

Distinction:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1968 to 2026.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Note 1: Original (transferred to OHS Online Database, 2005, Jim Cook)

Note 1: Revised (uploaded to Database, Jan 22, 2017, Stephen Hall)

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Harry J. Ebert was born in 1930; he worked with three firms in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1946-1968, before establishing his own firm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1968; active in 1989.*

* YP.com (online directory) lists the business as closed, http://www.yellowpages.com/pittsburgh-pa/mip/h-j-ebert-pipe-organs-4081087, Accessed Jan. 22, 2017. –Ed.

Staff: Dan Davies; Karl Ruffing.

Sources:

  • American Institute of Organbuilders (AIO): 1989 membership roll.

  • Letter to David H. Fox.

  • Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.

  • Tracker: 31:1, 18.

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Karl Ruffing on March 18th, 2026:

Harry passed away in 2018 and his son, Harry, took over the business. He passed away in January of 2026, and so the business is now defunct.

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Database Specs:

  • 8 Instruments
  • 0 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

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