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The Jackson Guldan Co. of Columbus, Ohio [1] was a manufacturer of stringed musical instruments, operating in the first half of the 20th century. Most notably, the company produced violins, fiddles, and violas [2] as its primary product. Secondly, it made acoustic guitars, most carrying the brand name Adjustomatic
Gaylord Purcell Yost was born on January 28, 1888, in Fayette, Ohio. He was the only child of Charles E. Yost, the proprietor and a journalist of The Fayette Review (the only newspaper in the village at the time) and Ada Purcell, daughter of Lott.
The violin has 70 parts, 72 if top and bottom plates are each made from two pieces of wood. The most famous violin makers, between the early 16th century and the 18th century included: Micheli family of Italian violin makers, Zanetto Micheli 1490 - 1560, Pellegrino Micheli 1520 - 1607, Giovanni Micheli 1562 - 1616, Francesco Micheli 1579 - 1615 ...
In 1889–1890, Baldwin vowed to build "the best piano that could be built" and subsequently formed two production companies: Hamilton Organ, which built reed organs, and the Baldwin Piano Company, which made pianos. The company's first piano, an upright, began selling in 1891. Baldwin introduced its first grand piano in 1895.
Violinist Maynard Goldman plays a violin made in 1740 by the Italian violin maker Camilli. Goldman is involved with Boston Landmarks Orchestra's current production of "David and 'Old Ironsides.'
The majority of the Kansas-made instruments were six-string guitars, with only a handful of basses being manufactured. [24] Distinguishing features of the first Wurlitzer branded guitars are the W-shaped cut-out in the tremolo mounting plate and the Rock/Jazz selection rocker switch above each pick-up.
Francis MacMillen in 1922. Francis Rea MacMillen (14 October 1885, in Marietta, Ohio – 14 July 1973, in Lausanne) was an American violinist.. At the age of seven, he began studying at Chicago Musical College, where his teacher was Bernhard Listemann [].
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