Guitar brands in 1902

4 brands on record in 1902: Gibson, Gretsch, Harmony and Martin. Gibson changed owner or plant on at least one line that year.

A snapshot of the trade in 1902. 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

What changed in 1902

• Gibson, Gibson USA: new era under Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.) at Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917)^{[1, 2]}

The 1900s

• 1900
• 1901
• 1902
• 1903
• 1904
• 1905
• 1906
• 1907
• 1908
• 1909

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
   Wikipedia: wiki/Gibson (guitar company)graded community
2. 2
   Gibson, Inc. (Kalamazoo local history)graded secondary
3. 3
   gretschguitars: support/historygraded primary

   • "in 1883… Friedrich Gretsch… founded his shop in Brooklyn"Gretsch in 1902
4. 4
   Harmony Companygraded community

   • "founded in 1892 by Wilhelm Schultz"Harmony in 1902
5. 5
   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 1902
6. 6
   Wikipedia: wiki/C. F. Martin %26 Companygraded community

   • "run by the same family for six generations"Martin in 1902
7. 7
   A Family Business (The Martin Story)graded primary

   • Since 1833, C. F. Martin & Co.® has remained family owned and operated—six generationsMartin in 1902
8. 8
   C. F. Martin & Co. Announces Retirements & New Leadership Appointmentsgraded primary

   • Owner and Chairman of the Board of the 192-year-old companyMartin in 1902
9. 9
   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 1902
10. 10
    Martin Guitar CEO Chris Martin IV announces retirementgraded secondary

    • Family ownership of the Nazareth, Pennsylvania-based company... will continue.Martin in 1902
11. 11
    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 1902

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