2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - 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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