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- ↑ Portrait in Reformatorisch Dagblad dated 23 December 2017: Organist Stef Tuinstra legt zijn oor te luisteren bij zangers (in Dutch), retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ↑ Vita on the website of the Nord-Niederländischen Orgelakademie, retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ↑ Website Musica Retorica, retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ↑ Reformatorisch Dagblad , 16 June 2017: "Martinikerk Groningen krijgt twee kerkorganisten" (in Dutch), retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ↑ Discussion of the recording of the works of Georg Böhm by Christo Lelie in Trouw dated 20 March 2012: Tuinstra improvises overtuigend in klavierwerken Böhm. (in Dutch), retrieved 14 November 2020.
