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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

90 lines. Read by computer on 23 September 2026. Printed page 323. See the scan on archive.org.

1Stromberg, Charles A. guitar, banjo and drum maker and stringed instrument repairer, 232, 233, 277
2 founder of Charles A. Stromberg & Son, 232
3 inventor of first separate tension drum, 233
4 other patents of, 232-3
5Stromberg, Charles A. & Son, banjo, guitar and drum makers, and stringed instrument repairers, 232-3
6Stromberg, Elmer, 232
7Stumcka, Charles, early guitar maker, 227-8
8Sundberg, C. F. guitar maker, 229, 277
9Surette Summer School, 50
11Tension resonator of Mason & Hamlin, 127
12Thayer, Eugene, music journal editor, 81, 162
13Thoma, Alexander, violin maker, 203
14Thoma, Jacob, violin maker and repairer, 203
15Thoma, Jacob & Son, 203
16Thomas, Isaiah, pioneer music publisher, 5
17Thompson, C. W. musician, 22; member of Thompson & Odell, 22
18Thompson, Charles W. music publisher, 26; founder of C. W. & Co. 26; member of Miles & Thompson, 26
19Thompson, C. W. & Co. music publishers, 26, 42
20Thompson & Odell
21 brass instrument manufacturers, 22, 226-7, 229, 268, 269
22 fretted instrument manufacturers, 22, 229, 232, 277
23 music publishers, 7, 22, 50
24 percussion instrument makers, 272
25 retail store, 22, 262
26 stringed instrument business, 208, 262
27Tolman, Henry, music dealer and publisher, 17; publisher of Boston Musical Times, 80; member of Henry Tolman & Co. 17; of Russell & Tolman, 17, 80
28Tolman, Henry & Co. publishers and musical instrument and umbrella dealers, 17
29Tourjée, Eben, music journal editor, 79, 82
30Tracy, George Lowell, musician, founder of Tracy Music Library, 76
31Tracy Music Library, 76-7
32Treat, James E. voicer and organ builder, 256
33Treat, James E. & Co. organ builders, 156, 256
34Tremont Temple Music Store of White Brothers, violin makers, dealers and repairers, 196
35Trifet, F. publisher of Trifet's Monthly Galaxy of Music, 82
36Tuck, J. Warren, musical string maker and dealer, 265
37Tufts, John W. editor and composer, 55, 59, 60, 61; teacher, 63
38Tufts, Rev. John W. pioneer hymn book publisher, 3
39Turner, Richard H. bow and violin maker and repairer, 260, 263
40Turner Centre, Maine, Summer School, 56
41Typographic method, 88, 90, 97
43U. S. Guitar-Zither Co. 279
45Vega, Company, The, 208, 229-30
46 brass instrument manufacturers, 22, 227, 229, 230, 269
47 fretted instrument manufacturers, 229, 230, 266, 275, 277
48 fretted music publishers, 26, 230
49 jobbers and retailers, 230
50Violin of 'Bobbie' Burns, 205
52Virtuoso Music School publications, 74
53Vocalion, The, 252
54von Hagen, Peter Albrecht, Jr. musician and publisher, 8-9; member of P. A. von Hagen Jun. & Co. 8; partner of Benjamin Crehore, 105
55von Hagen, Peter Albrecht, Sr. musician and publisher, 8, 10; head of P. A. von Hagen & Co. 8; Musical Academy, 8
56von Hagen, P. A. & Co. first established music publishers in Boston, 8
57von Hagen, P. A. Jun. & Co. music publishers and pianoforte dealers, 8, 105
58Vose, George Atherton, President of Vose & Sons Piano Company, 109, 124
59Vose, James Whiting, key and pianoforte maker, 123; founder of Vose & Sons Piano Company, 123
60Vose, Willard Atherton, 124
61Vose & Sons Piano Company, pianoforte makers, 123-4
62Votey Company, organ builders, 161
64Wa Wan Press, music publishers, 27
65Wade, Eben H. music publishers, 11, 12, 31
66Walter, Rev. Thomas, compiler of "first practical American instruction book" in singing by note, 3
67Ware, J. Holbrook, organ builder with Geo. H. Holbrook company, 255
68Warren, T. D. melodeon manufacturer, 253
69Washington, George, violin, 200
70Webb, George James, music journal editor, 78
71Weeman, Orin, violin maker and repairer, 197, 202, 203, 260
72Weeman, Beal & Holmberg, violin dealers, makers and repairers, 195, 202
73Whipple, L. E. musicians' accessories dealer, 23, 269; instrument importer, 23
74Whipple Music Co. successor to above, and Quinby Bros. 23, 269; publisher of music and The Apollo 23, 82, 269
75Whipple's Diamond Cornet, 269
76White, Asa Warren, violin maker and dealer, 195, 196-8, 260; member of White & Goullaud, 22
77White, Charles A. composer and founder of White-Smith Music Publishing Company, 35
78White, Charles A. grandson of above, President of White-Smith Music Publishing Company, 35
79White, Daniel L. 35
80White, Eugene A. music stand manufacturer, 279
81White, Ira E. son of Ira J. drum maker, 276; instrument repairer, 198, 276
82White, Ira Johnson, first Boston maker of really fine violins, 195, 196; first Boston maker of wound violin strings, 198, 306
83White, James H. prompter of the Germania Orchestra, 263; violin and woodwind repairer, 263; member of I. J. & J. H. White, 263; of James H. & J. Henry White, 263
84White, J. Henry, son of above, musical instrument repairer, 263; member of James H. & J. Henry White, 263
85White, Jean, musician, 18; band and orchestra music publisher, 7, 17-18, 92
86White, Jean, Publishing Company, 8, 50
87White, (Weiss) Maurice, violin maker and repairer, 201, 263
88White, Smith & Co. music publishers, 35
89White, Smith & Perry, music publishers, 22, 35; their music journal, 80

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