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American Instruments

Hey all..

I have to do a project on irish music, and i need some American Manufacturers of any instruments, and as quickly as possible please.

Thanks very much,

Stephen

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by Power27

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Google them?

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by disillusioned

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i did but i cant seem to find much

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by Power27

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Ifshin Violins at http://www.ifshinviolins.com/ is a respected violin maker based in California. The background of their Jay Haide brand (I play a Jay Haide) is described in https://ifshin.securesites.net/features_tale_of_two_makers.html.

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by lazyhound

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here's one ye can't omit... ;-)
http://www.firescribble.net/flute/olwell.html

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by andy69

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I have to do a project on irish music, ar you wanten to boy the instruments, please bee clear, the devil a care,with love.

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by Dodger

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Assuming we haven't got a troll in our midst;
Martin guitars
The Gibson Mandolin Co.
Rickenbacker ( ? sp ? )
Gretsch
Vega
Dobro
Guild
National
Fender......

is that enough for starters ?

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by Guernsey Pete

American Instrument makers

Flutes: Patrick Olwell, David Copley, Casey Burns, Bryan Byrne, Michael Copland, John Gallagher, Peter Noy
Concertinas: Wally Carroll, Jeff Thomas, Morse Concertinas, Bob Tedrow, Frank Edgley
Whistles: John Sindt, Michael Copland.
Frankly I think you might be just a wee bit lazy. I Googled this and found: AMERICAN FRETTED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS
pre-Civil War to WWII
Copyright © by Michael I. Holmes - 04/05/2002, 12/27/2004, 11/21/2005
Last updated 11/21/2005
There are more than 1800 entries in this file. -----------
I also got this from Google: http://www.firescribble.net/flute/makers.html
Come to think of it-- I think maybe you're more than a tad lazy.

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by cocus

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not to menten de kazoo or is dat eenglish. the devil a care,with love.

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by Dodger

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For Uilleann pipes:
Bruce Childress
Tim Britton
Kirk Lynch
Seth Gallagher
Pat Sky
David Daye
Nick Whitmer
David Quinn
Benedict Koehler...

I know I missed a few.

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by Bill Reeder

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thanks guys thats great

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by Power27

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is dit wat ze call de wind up.the devil a care,with love

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by Dodger

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The Native Americans make them.

Flutey thingamywhatsists.

I have never played them.

That's because I am not a Buddhist.

I will probably come back as a flute death-watch beetle as a punishment.

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by nicholas

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Chief Wanganui (Member 22360) may have some information about flutes/whistles made by Native Americans. He seems to know more about the World's whistles than most other people.

# Posted on November 8th 2009 by lazyhound

Re: American Instruments ~ Uilleann pipes

Na Píobairí Uilleann
http://www.pipers.ie/
http://www.pipers.ie/makerlist.asp

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by ceolachan

Re: American Instruments ~ Bodhráns

Ceolas: Suppliers of Bodhráns and Related Stuff
http://ceolas.org/ceolas.html
http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/bodhran/makers.shtml

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by ceolachan

Re: American Instruments ~ Susato whistles

http://www.susato.com/konakart/Welcome.do

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by ceolachan

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Conn-Selmer: brass and woodwind intruments like the Microsoft of wind instrument makers; they own a whole bunch of other brand names

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by Hup

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Are you interested only in current manufacturers or all manufacturers past and present?

The majority of banjo (including tenor banjo) makers of the first half of C20th were American and many of these banjos are still played by Irish musicians. Here are a few names that have stood the test of time :

Gibson
Paramount
Vega
Epiphone
Orpheum
Ludwig
Weymann
Bacon and Day
Slingerland

You can find a bit more info on some of these here:
http://www.whitetreeaz.com/vintage/banjomfg.htm

Here's a more exhaustive list of makers (although I've never heard of most of them and I don't know which ones would have made tenor banjos).
http://bluegrassbanjo.org/banmaker.html

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by OrganicPeatCreature

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Goldtone and Deering are two current American banjo brands that are popular on the trad scene - although Clareen, Dave Bell (Ireland) and Sully (England), between them, take up a sizeable share of the new banjo market in the UK and Ireland.

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by OrganicPeatCreature

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Let me know if you're needing NAF-related stuff (Native American Flute). Since your project is Irish Music I'm guessing you don't, but I have a lengthy list of sources if anyone's interested.

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by CarolWhitaker

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cocus
Frank Edgley is from Canada, hailing from Windsor, Ontario

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by mellow_bellows

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Let's add Steinway pianos to that list.

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by Greg the Piano Tuner

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Ralph Sweet for whistles and flutes http://www.sweetheartflute.com/

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by whistler gan ainm

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wish I had my fiddle with me. It's a factory made fiddle from Ohio. Place went out of business in the 1930s along with most of the American fiddle factories

this will sound like some sort of joke, but when the Germans got thier economy back on track with the Nazis, and their currency was still worthless, a load of German made import fiddles flooded America. The German factory fiddles were actually pretty good (fekkin krauts!) and they were really cheap, and they ran the US fiddle factories right out of business

all this happened in the 1930s, so good luck googling any of it

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by Nate Ryan

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Frank Edgley is from Canada, hailing from Windsor, Ontario- mellow_bellows

Yes, I do know that. But out of respect, I didn't want to leave him out.

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by cocus

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besides, Canada is "America's Hat" so why not include him?

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by Nate Ryan

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Ok nate, we'll be America's hat as long as it looks like one of these;

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Science/Images/Bob-and-Doug-Mackenzie.jpg

Thats all we have here
Rob

# Posted on November 10th 2009 by mellow_bellows

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Skip Healy, the flute and fife maker from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA,

# Posted on November 10th 2009 by AlBrown

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is there noo end ta dis, am ver dizzy. the devil a care with love. what is project on irish music, ceol na n-éan

# Posted on November 10th 2009 by Dodger

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Michael Uzui, Irish Dancemaster accordions ?

# Posted on November 10th 2009 by hibbs21

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Danvcemaster accordions were made in China...

Banjos:
Lee
Bart Reiter
Mike Ramsey
Ome
Enoch
Wildwood

Cajun Accordeons:
Martin
Savoy
Mouton
Jude Moreau
Ed Poullard
Falcon
on and on

Also Quebec Accordeons:
Messervier
Melodie
Clement Breton
on and on

Pedal Steel and Lap Steel:
Long list

Dulcimers and Authoharps;
Quite a Few

Ukes:
Dozens

Bodhrans:
Far too many

Bones:
Again, long list

# Posted on November 13th 2009 by bohemian