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Robert Giardinelli (January 23, 1914, in Catania, Italy – October 1, 1996, in New York City, New York [1]) was a renowned musical instrument craftsman who operated a repair shop in New York City. After immigrating to the United States, Giardinelli served in the United States Army during World War II.
The clarinet is widely used as a solo instrument. The clarinet evolved later than other orchestral woodwind instruments, leaving solo repertoire from the Classical period onward, but few works from the Baroque era. Many clarinet concertos and clarinet sonatas have been written to showcase the instrument, for example those by Mozart and Weber. [95]
In 1904 the company acquired Ets. D. Noblet, the oldest instrument manufacturer in France (established 1750). [3] In 1945, Léon Leblanc (1900–2000) met Vito Pascucci (1922–2003), then on duty as the instruments manager and repair technician for the Glenn Miller US Army Air Force Orchestra. Pascucci and Miller had discussed opening a ...
Henri Selmer Paris is a French enterprise, manufacturer of musical instruments based at Mantes-la-Ville near Paris.Founded in 1885, it is known as a producer of professional-grade woodwind and brass instruments, especially saxophones, clarinets and trumpets.
Carl Fischer Music is an American sheet music publisher.It was founded in 1872 in the East Village neighborhood of New York City as a musical instrument repair shop. Except for a brief period in the early 1930s, it has always been the family-owned business of the Fischer-Connor family.
The film's producer, Jeremy Lambert, passed along an article on the Los Angeles Unified School District's 64-year-old instrument repair workshop. [ 6 ] The workshop, much smaller than Bowers had imagined when he was an LAUSD student, became the subject of the film, including profiles of four of the workshop's craftspeople.
The Varitone was a woodwind pickup and effects unit, allowing direct amplification of the instrument (i.e. without a standard microphone) and the introduction of various electronic effects. It was marketed in 1967 by the Selmer Company , which developed units for flute , saxophone , and clarinet .
In 2015, Surack purchased Mynett Music Company, a retail music store established in Fort Wayne in 1933, focused on providing music instruments, lessons, and repair services for students and school music programs. [24] In October 2018, Sweetwater announced another expansion to construct a new warehousing facility. [25]