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S101

S101 Guitars is a brand name of the America Sejung company. Sejung is a Korean-based textile, construction and information technology business founded in 1974. Qingdao Sejung Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. was established China in 2001 to produce affordable pianos and guitars. Company chairman, Soon Ho Park invested $20 million to build a new piano and guitar factory in Qingdao, staffed by experienced Korean managers, to supply product to local and worldwide markets. Their George Steck, Hobart M. Cable and Falcone piano brands offer a wide range of styles and finishes in both grands and uprights. Their guitar brands are S101 and Canvas.  Qingdao Sejung Musical Instrument Co. are also OEM producers of instruments for other big name brands.

Source: S101 Guitars website (15 May 2020)

A.C. Fairbanks

A.C. Fairbanks and William E Cole established the Fairbanks & Cole musical instrument workshop in Beach Street, Boston in 1880 to make guitars, banjos and mandolins. William's brother Frank Cole also joined as production manager. In 1890 they patented a banjo tone ring design which evetually became the famous Whyte Laydie model in 1903. Fairbanks himself left the company in 1892 to concentrate on making wooden bicycle rims. The Cole brothers also left to form another banjo company. Fairbanks & Cole was bought by Dodge & Cummings who changed the name to AC Fairbanks & Co Inc. and put David L Day (later of Bacon Banjo Co.) in charge of production at new premises at 786 Washington Street.

Hafner & Sutphin (H&S)

John P. Hafner (1856 - 1929) and Eugene H. Sutphin (1876-1965) founded a musical instrument and small good company in Philadelphia . J.P. Hafner was connected with the small goods trade for many years, having previously been employed by the firm of Klemm Brothers from 1873 until it closed in 1877 and thenseveral other large dealers of musical instruments including Zimmerman (harp house) . E.A. Sutphin also had many years of training in the business - he was formerly connected with the firm of Robert C. Kretschner. In 1911 they organized the firm of Hafner & Sutphin at 149 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia as jobbers of musical instruments and small goods. In 1921 they moved their premises to a four storey building at 925 Arch Street in 1921. The ground floor was the sales and show rooms with the other floors used for storage. They had a complete line of merchandise.

Rydal

Rydal was and instrument brand sold by Philadelphia musical instrument distributors Hafner & Sutphin in the 1920s.

Stradolin

Strad-O-Lin was a budget American mandolin brand from the 1920s onwards. These Strad-O-Lin mandolins were made by various factories. The brand was aquired by Multivox in the 1950s who used the Strad-O-Lin brand name for electric, acoustic and bass guitars and amplifiers. The brand was still active in the early 1980s - as simply Stradolin, but presumably ended when Multivox ceased trading in 1984.

Source: Stradolin catalogs 1970s to 1980s.

Royce

Royce was a Multivox brand name used in the early 1980s. The instruments were imported (typically from Japan or Korea) and the range included electric, acoustic, classical and bass guitars as well as amplifiers, banjos, ukueleles and mandolins. Multivox stopped trading in 1984 so the brand was discontinued then.

Source: Royce catalog 1980s

CBL Maxitone

CBL Maxitone was a brand name of the Australian Cooke Brothers Proprietary Limited Company. CBL sold musical instruments and accessories including Black Diamond and Bell strings, piano repair materials and were also wholesale distributors. CBL were also distributors of radio and electrical equipment and components. The brand name CBL Maxitone was trademarked in 1938. Newspaper advertising records suggest that CBL were still active into the 1960s and into the modern day as a electrical/radio distributor. Maxitone was also a house brand of Bruno & Sons from at least the 1920s onwards.

Source: CBL Maxitone trademark document

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday 19th November 1938

Don Kawalek

Don Kawalek custom builds banjos, guitars, mandolins, lap dulcimers, hammered dulcimers, and uilleann pipes  Don has been making instruments since 1976 and he also give workshops to build instruments from kits he produces.

 

Rondo

Rondo Music is an American owned and operated musical instrument distributor, founded in 1959. Rondo Music sells a variety of musical instruments including electric guitars, acoustic guitars, guitar amps, banjos, and other stringed instruments. Currently their main focus is on their SX Guitars, Agile Guitars, Douglas Guitars, Hadean Guitars, Sprite Guitars, Omega Guitars, Brice Basses, and CNB Cases. The instruments are imported from a variety of countries including China, Taiwan, and Korea (and in the past from Sweden & Italy).

Carlinhos

Carlos Roberto Ribeiro, a miner from the city of Wenceslau Braz was born on December 16, 1964, as a child he moved with his 6 siblings to São Paulo in the early 1970s. At the age of 15, he had his first contact with stringed instruments in the Chess factory which made violas, guitars and cavaquinhos (Chess eventually closed down in 1989). Antônio Paulino Vieira, the owner of Chess, gave him a job and he learned the techniques of instrument construction. He left Chess to open his own workshop, in the Vila Gustavo neighborhood, north of São Paulo. At the beginning of his luthier career, in 1991 he used the name Carlos Ribeiro Luthier, but it was a long name and as he had the nickname of Carlinhos, everyone called him Carlinhos Luthier and so that became his brand name. In 2000, he moved to Wenceslau Braz, a small town in Minas Gerais, his hometown, where he has his athelier and continues to work in the world of music.

Aileen

Since 1993, we have specialized in manufaturing violin and guitar. You can find all kinds of musical instruments in our product line! Some related product information can be found at our website: www.a-violin.com

We are committed to providing you with the best value, high-quality products in our industry. Our commitment to quality craftsmanship has seen our company grow to become a leading musical instruments supplier in China.

Besides, we have QC team to control the quality of products. All the products you receive will be in good condition!

Nowadays Aileen Music is exporting its products to 105 countries and regions around the globe. Aileen Music has long-term dealings with numerous oversea clients and has built up a good reputation among them.

Stelling

Geoff Stelling founded Stelling Banjo Works was in 1974 while he was stationed at a Naval Base in San Diego. Stelling had been playing banjo and bass in bluegrass bands since the mid-1960’s. He experimented with the mechanics of banjo construction which led to a patented design that Stelling banjos still use for today: the wedge-fitted pot assembly. The wedge-fit helps give a good fit between tone ring and flange. Stelling has also designed and patented a “pivot-pin” tailpiece for the banjo. Stelling also make mandolins.

Source: Stelling Banjo Works website (29 November 2019)

Roberts (Luthiery)

Roberts Luthiery is dedicated to the design and construction of Premium Quality Custom Flat-top, Archtop, and Resonator Guitars as well as mandolins. Roberts Luthiery was started by Bob Mizek who began repairing acoustic and electric stringed instruments in 1976. Bob was taught fine wood-wooking techniques by master cabinet maker Fred Ott and learned some guitar repair by long-time friend and master luthier, Jim Beach of Wooden Music in Chicago. In 1979, Bob opened Midnight Guitar Works, a guitar repair center that provided high-quality instrument repair and set-up service to Chicago area music stores. By observing what went wrong with the instruments he serviced, Bob learned what construction methods and materials would lead to problems for the musician. Bob paid close attention to the tactile "feel" of each guitar as well as its individual tone.

Riselonia

riselonia riselonia were a german maker in business from the beginning of the 20th century and possibly earlier i have seen some circa 1900 riselonia banjos suggesting they may have been made as early as 1895. they survived ww1 but appear to have gone before ww2 i know they made other instruments as well, you see banjos and mandolins, and they made very early record players too. i can't find out anything like, where in germany they were based, (and remember germany had different borders then to now so it could have been in what is now poland or the czech republic) when they started or what finally happened to them - i would guess from the stopping of output they were a casualty of the german hyper inflation period of the late 20's but this is just a guess. [source: lardy fatboy's ukulele data base]

Richwood

Richwood is a brand name of The Musical Alliance, a Netherlands musical instrument distribution network. There is a full range of Richwood electric, acoustic, classical and bass guitars as well as banjos. Made in China and typically sold in Europe.

Richter (Mfg Co)

richter mfg co the richter mfg. co. was founded at chicago, il by carl h. richter in 1926 to market instruments. they were no longer listed in 1944 [source: mugwumps] chicago made guitars. according to posts at guitarsite in 2003-4 there are guitars made by richter mfg co at least from from 1929-1937 richter also made buckeye brand guitars, sweetheart (a brand name used by chicago distributors targ & dinner for ukuleles and banjoleles) plus instruments for a lot of other distributors. one name i believe they used on their own instruments was princess. richter appear to have contracted out banjo making. richter painted guitars advertisement musc trades 1930 [source: lardy's ukulele corner] instruments made by richter include parlor and classical guitars. richter also made cowboy guitars with brands "the plainsman" featuring a scene from a gary cooper movie (1936) of the same name.

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