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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1Various grades of these are made, the prices varying with the amounts of inlay, mother of pearl on the finger board, quadruple gold plated metal ornamentation, and hand engraving.
3Some of the professional players using both Stromberg banjos and guitars are, Victor Mondello, Almanac Hotel, New York; Clark Yokeham with Mal Hallet's Orchestra, New York, Columbia Recording Artists; Sam Demar, Princess Hotel, Bermuda; Bernard Addison with Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, New York; Jimmy Speranza with the Metropolitan Theatre Orchestra, Boston; Don Senna, Boston guitarist and teacher; Ted Zahn, Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston; Julian Anderson, Janssen's Hofbrau Orchestra, New York; and banjo only, Pete Barton, Banjo soloist, Chicago, Illinois.
5Their "Stromberg Invincible Orchestra Drum" made with old style wooden hoops and wood shell had a tightening device with special bracket and hooks. Charles A. Stromberg was given for this on March 8, 1904 the first patent issued in the United States for a "separate tension Drum."
7The company's modern "Supertone Stromberg Orchestra Drum" has aluminum rings and an independent tightening device. As it has a flush head the tightening hoop does not interfere with the drummer's sticks.
9CHARLES W. HOMEYER & CO., INC.
11This firm introduced in 1925 and perfected to the present point in 1927 an inexpensive instrument called the "Oboette" intended to help school children learn oboe fingering and production of tone. The Oboette Method for playing was written by Francis Findlay of the New England Conservatory. About 500 of these non-profit making instruments have been sold without advertising all over the United States, thus helping to create woodwind players and to develop an interest and knowledge of the oboe, much needed in school bands and orchestras.
13During the World War this company performed the service of a clearing house in finding and reconditioning band instruments for army band training corps.
15THE CUNDY-BETTONEY CO.
17For brass manufacturing see p. 220.
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