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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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11887—[address hidden]
2E. Boston
31890—[address hidden]
5CHESTER B. HOLWAY
6Listed 1887-95.
7Made the "Autoharp" in 3, 5, 8 & 12 bars under their own name and zithers for other firms like John C. Haynes & Co.
91890—[address hidden]
11W. A. JUDKINS
12Listed 1887-93.
13Zither manufacturer.
151893—[address hidden]
161895—[address hidden]
171905-26—[address hidden],
18East Boston
20PHONOHARP CO. OF BOSTON
21Listed 1893-1926.
22Made the Columbia Zither.
241864—[address hidden]
251885—[address hidden]
27GEORGE M. STEVENS & CO.
28Est. 1864. Succeeded by G. M. Stevens in 1874, and G. M. Stevens Co., Inc.
29Noted for his tower clocks which sounded the pitches 1, 3, 5, 8 of a scale and fire alarms.
30Built what may have been the first electric Angelus chimes made in Boston, put up in St. Patrick's Church, South Lawrence, Mass. The notes arranged by William B. Goodwin were founded on the Westminster (England) Peal and sounded three times a day.
321900—[address hidden]
331901—[address hidden]
35U. S. GUITAR-ZITHER CO.
36Listed 1900-01.
37Dealer or maker of guitars and zithers.
391878—[address hidden]
401885—[address hidden]
42EUGENE A. WHITE
43Listed 1878-86.
44Made portable music stands. One of the earliest Boston manufacturers of music stands.
4651 Miller, Dayton C. The Science of Musical Sounds P. 189.
4752 Statement of William B. Goodwin, organ builder.
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