Guitar brands in 1901

3 brands on record in 1901: Gretsch, Harmony and Martin.

A snapshot of the trade in 1901. Each row is one brand: the companies that controlled the name that year and the plants that built it. Open a brand’s year for the line-by-line detail.

Who owned what, and where it was built

The 1900s

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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.

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   gretschguitars: support/historygraded primary

   • "in 1883… Friedrich Gretsch… founded his shop in Brooklyn"Gretsch in 1901
2. 2
   Harmony Companygraded community

   • "founded in 1892 by Wilhelm Schultz"Harmony in 1901
3. 3
   Harmony history threadgraded community

   • "Between 1945 and 1975, the Chicago firm mass-produced about ten million guitars… peaked in 1964-1965, selling 350,000"Harmony in 1901
4. 4
   Wikipedia: wiki/C. F. Martin %26 Companygraded community

   • "run by the same family for six generations"Martin in 1901
5. 5
   A Family Business (The Martin Story)graded primary

   • Since 1833, C. F. Martin & Co.® has remained family owned and operated—six generationsMartin in 1901
6. 6
   C. F. Martin & Co. Announces Retirements & New Leadership Appointmentsgraded primary

   • Owner and Chairman of the Board of the 192-year-old companyMartin in 1901
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   C F Martin Co Inc (International Directory of Company Histories)graded secondary

   • Located in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, since 1839, the company has been run by the same family for six generations.Martin in 1901
8. 8
   Martin Guitar CEO Chris Martin IV announces retirementgraded secondary

   • Family ownership of the Nazareth, Pennsylvania-based company... will continue.Martin in 1901
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   bluegrasstoday: original martin factory added to national register of historic placesgraded secondary

   • "primary site… until 1964 when a new plant was opened… on Sycamore Street"Martin in 1901

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