Publications About the U.S. Musical Instrument Manufacturers by Margaret Banks

Publications about U.S. Musical Instrument Makers/Manufacturers
and Their Products
by Margaret Downie Banks

Alfred Badger

"It's a Bird! A Plane! A Flute . . . Or is it a Clarinet? A Brooklynite Flute with a Dual Personality," National Music Museum Newsletter 36, No. 3 (August 2007), pp. 4-5.

Gustav Berhle

"It's a Bird! A Plane! A Flute . . . Or is it a Clarinet? A Brooklynite Flute with a Dual Personality," National Music Museum Newsletter 36, No. 3 (August 2007), pp. 4-5.

Frederick Busch

"Cornet Built by Busch for Jules Levy, 'King of Cornetists'," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 26, No. 2 (May 2000): 1-3.

Dominick Calicchio

"From Hollywood to the Heartland . . . Sgt. Pepper's Magical Trumpet Makes its Vermillion Debut!" America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 28, No. 1 (February 2001): 3.

James Reynold Carlisle

"Thumbs Up to James Reynold Carlisle (1886-1962), Noted American Violin Maker," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 22, No. 3 (April 1995): 6-7.

Conn Company

"ASK AMIS [Conn's Contrabass Sarrusophone]," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 20, No. 1 (February 1991): 16.
"Box of Condensed Harmonies: Conn's Wonder Portable Folding Reed Organ," Reed Organ Society Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 1997): 7-9.
"A Brief History of the Conn Company (1874-present)," Website (www.usd.edu/~mbanks/CONTENT.html), 1997-present.
"C. G. Conn: The Man (1844-1931) and His Company (1874-1915)," Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 14 (1988): 61-113. Co-authored with James W. Jordan.
"The C. G. Conn Company: A Retrospective," CIMCIM Newsletter 14 (1989): 32-36.
"C. G. Conn's Wonder Violin--the Best Violin on Earth?"America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, 24, No. 4 (August 1997): 4-5.
"Colonel Conn's Magnificent Musical Instrument Factory," in Indiana volume of 53-volume juvenile literature series, Portrait of America, Kathleen Thompson, ed. (Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn, 1996): 40-41.
"Conn," New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Staley Sadie, editor (New York and London: Macmillan, 2004).
"The Conn-O-Sax Conn-Cedes Defeat," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 23, No. 1 (October 1995): 4-5.
"Echoes from the Past...Research Reveals Unique Instrument's History" [about Conn double-bell echo horn custom-built for Theodor Hoch, Mozart Symphony Club, 1896], America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 24, No. 3 (April 1997): 4-5.
Elkhart's Brass Roots: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of C. G. Conn's Birth and the 120th Anniversary of the Conn Company (Vermillion, SD: The Shrine to Music Museum, 1994).

Includes two essays: "Elkhart's Brass Roots: A Brief History of the Conn Company (1874-1994)," and "On the Cutting Edge: A Survey of Conn Company Engravers and Their Art"
"Greenleaf Collection at Interlochen," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 19, No. 1 (February 1990): 21-22.
"Vitrine Vignettes: The Musical Life of a Victor [Conn cornet]," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 27, No. 2 (May 2000): 4.
"On the Cutting Edge: The Rich Legacy of C. G. Conn's Brass Instrument Engravers," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 24, No. 1(October 1996): 1-2.
"Postcards 'Conn-tribute' to the Preservation of an Industrial History," Ephemera News (The Ephemera Society of America, Inc.), Vol. 16, No. 2 (Winter 1998): 1, 13-16.
"Violin Making by the Conn Company of Indiana," Journal of The Violin Society of America XI, No. 3 (1992): 31-76.
Work-in-progress: The Conn Company: A Comprehensive History of the Company, Its Founder, and Its Products

Gibson Company
"Great Gibson Banjo . . . A Florentine Tribute with a Venetian Twist," National Music Museum Newsletter 35, No. 2 (May 2008), pp. 1-3.

Holton Company
"Conn-Selmer Donates . . . Holton's 'Revelations' find a New 'Collegiate' Home," National Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. 35, No. 3/4 (August/November 2008), pp. 1-5 and 7.

Carleen Hutchins
"Graphite, Gruyère, and a Pig Named Susie . . . Carleen Hutchins' Instruments and Archives Donated to the Museum," National Music Museum Newsletter, 30, No. 1 (February 2003), pp. 4-5.

Edwin Link
Edwin Link Pipe Organ at SUNY Binghamton (Binghamton, New York: SUNY at Binghamton, 1973).

Ludwig & Ludwig Company
"Vitrine Vignettes: A Sampling of Recent Acquisitions, Each with a Fascinating Story to Tell--Vintage 'Black Beauty' [snare drum] Rolls Out of Closet," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 27, No. 2 (May 2000): 5.

H. N. White Company
"A King Comes to Vermillion . . . Giant Sousaphone Star of Disneyland's Opening Day Parade," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 24, No. 2 (January 1997): 3.

Other Publications
Go to Publications about Bowed and Plucked Stringed Instruments
Go to Publications about Brass and Woodwind Instruments
Go to Publications about the Modern Greek Lyra
Go to Publications about Various Musical Instruments and Related Topics

Contact Information:
Dr. Margaret Downie Banks
Senior Curator of Musical Instruments
National Music Museum
The University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion SD 57069-2390
E-mail: Margaret.Banks@usd.edu

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