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Range of products commercialised under the Recording King brand are acoustic and resonator guitars, and banjos. [4] Their guitars are designed in America, manufactured overseas and sold worldwide. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
Richard I. Berger (born 1952) is the president. Before becoming president, he had overseen the Trophy Grover Company and Grossman Musical Products, which in 1983, was one of the largest distributors of musical instruments in the U.S. Grossman Musical Products was founded in 1922 by his great uncle, Henry Saul Grossman (1898–1995) [5] who, from 1953 to 1966, owned Rogers Drums.
The first banjo method was the Briggs' Banjo instructor (1855) by Tom Briggs. [36] Other methods included Howe's New American Banjo School (1857), and Phil Rice's Method for the Banjo, With or Without a Master (1858). [36] These books taught the "stroke style" or "banjo style", similar to modern "frailing" or "clawhammer" styles. [36]
Banjo music tends to be very lively and upbeat, as the fast-occurring drone notes tend to give the illusion that a song is being played quite fast. Banjo music is not usually amplified (except by aid of a microphone), as the banjo's resonator allows it to be played quite loud.
The Kay Musical Instrument Company grew from the Andrew Groehsl Company (or Groehsl Mandolin Company [14]) in Chicago, established in 1890. [15] In 1921, Groehsl's company was purchased by Henry "Kay" Kuhrmeyer, Frank Voisinet, and Charles Stromberg and renamed to Stromberg-Voisinet.
The National String Instrument Corporation was an American guitar company first formed to manufacture banjos and then the original resonator guitars. National also produced resonator ukuleles and resonator mandolins. The company merged with Dobro to form the "National Dobro Company", then becoming a brand of Valco until it closed in 1968.
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