George Steinmeyer of the famous German organ building family heads the pipe organ division of Estey Organ Corporation, Brattleboro, VT. Mr. Steinmeyer is the son of the well-known organ builder, Hans Steinmeyer, president of G.F. Steinmeyer and Company in Oettingen. Mr. Steinmeyer literally grew up among organs and has been familiar with their construction since childhood. He completed his apprenticeship and was admitted as a journeyman through examination by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in 1948.

  In 1950 Mr. Steinmeyer came to the United Saes, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of State, and worked for the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company in Boston.  He returned to Oettingen in December, 1951, where he worked for his father's company in an executive capacity.  During this period Mr. Steinmeyer was was partly in charge of restoring the famous organ at the Munster in Weingarten, Germany, which was originally built by Joseph Gabler from 1737-1750.

  Mr. Steinmeyer, on his business trips and other tours, has studied most of the old organs in southern Germany.  On many occasions he has had the opportunity of exchanging ideas with well-known organists of Europ and of this country.  In the spring of 1954 and in 1955 he traveled with E. Power Biggs on his recording tours through southern ermany, France, Switzerland, and Austria

The Diapason , January 1, 1957