brand owner

Alfred Dronge / Guild Guitars, New York

USA^{no source}

Plants it ran, and the brands built there

Alfred Dronge / Guild Guitars, New York ran 2 plants on record. The brands below were built at those plants, whoever owned the name.

Brands controlled

Eras as owner

2 eras under this owner. One owner can span several plants, so “owned by Alfred Dronge / Guild Guitars, New York” is not one thing either.

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1. 1
   mmone: guild guitarsgraded secondary

   • 536 Pearl Street in ManhattanGuild NYC workshop, location
2. 2
   bluebookofguitarvalues: guitar amplifiers/manufacturers/guildgraded secondary

   • "New York City from 1952 to 56"Ran Guild NYC workshop, 1952–1956
   • "started in 1952 by Alfred Dronge"Guild, owns, 1952–1966
3. 3
   Guild - Acoustic Music (large shop guitar builders)graded community

   • 300 Observer HighwayGuild Hoboken, location
4. 4
   bluebookofguitarvalues: electric guitars/manufacturers/guildgraded secondary

   • "larger workshop in Hoboken… late 1956"Ran Guild Hoboken, 1956–1966
5. 5
   acousticmusic: research/guitar information/large shop guitar builders/guildgraded secondary

   • "By the end of 1971, all factory operations had been transferred to Westerly"Guild built at Guild Hoboken
6. 6
   Guild (manufacturer history) - Blue Book of Guitar Valuesgraded secondary

   • Guild was founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge (who did hire great guitar builders).Guild, owns, 1952–1966