From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, revised edition, by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1997). -
Born 24 April, 1930 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Stapells attended the University of Minnesota, 1952-1956. He was with J. C. Hallman Manufacturing Co. of Kitchener, Ontario, as an engineering manager. He was an organist, and a photographer. He became a partner with George Maurer in Maurer & Stapells of Kitchener, Ontario, a service firm established in 1971, it was active until as least 1992.
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