2010-04-15/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database Builders editor, March 7, 2016. Derived from "Reuben S. Frels" entry in A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991).- Owned/operated by Reuben S. Frels of Victoria Falls, Texas from 1951. Active in 1991. Staff: Daniel Angerstein, Russell D. Franklin, Rex McKenzie Range Sources from Fox article: Susan Caust Farrell, Directory of Contemporary American Musical Instrument Makers (Columbia, MO: The University of Missouri Press, 1981), 47. Organ Handbook (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1989) 59. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
2015-11-21/2019-02-11 - From OHS PC Database Builders Listing editor, updated Mar 7, 2016. - Frels Pipe Organs of Victoria Falls, Texas was owned and operated by Reuben S. Frels Mr. Frels established the business in 1951.1 Employing only a few workers, he built mechanical action organs. often rebuilding. or using the pipes from older instruments. Frels was also engaged in restoring organs in Mexico, including the four-manual Austin now in the Puebla Cathedral.2 Frels died in 2014, and was ill prior to that, the firm closed around 2010.3 Sources: Melissa Crow, "Rubin Frels remembered for his love of movies, music" Victoria Advocate, published on-line June 19, 2014, updated June 20, 2014. Accessed Nov 21, 2015. Arthur Lawrence, "Frels, Reuben S." in The Organ: An Encyclopedia edited by Douglas Bush & Richard Kassel (Utah and New York: Psychology Press, 2006), p.211. Crow, ibid.
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