Clang! The Avedis Zildjian Company is best known for producing and popularizing what musical instruments?
"1865 Avedis II died, and his brother Kerope II took over the company. He introduced a line of instruments called K Zildjian, which are used by classical musicians to this day. Avedis II died in 1909 in Constantinople. In the late nineteenth century, Aram Zildjian, who was then head of the family, was forced by political conditions to flee to Bucharest. There, he set up a second Zildjian factory, while Kerope I's daughter Victoria ran the Constantinople factory. This situation continued until about 1927. Around 1928, Avedis III, his brother Puzant, and his uncle Aram Zildjian began manufacturing cymbals in"
"the world's most popular cymbal brands. Sabian cymbals have been used by many famous drummers in the world, including Tony Royster, Jr. (Jay Z), Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Peart of Rush, and Mike Portnoy, formerly of Dream Theater. Zildjian remained active in management until recently, spending most of the summer in a cottage in Meductic, New Brunswick near the main production facility. Zildjian formed the word ""Sabian"" from the two first letters of the names of his three children Sally, Bill and Andy (a nickname for Armand) and ""-ian"" (indicating Armenian descent). Zildjian died March"
"Gongs. In North America, Sabian make a small number of gongs and Zildjian sell Zildjian-branded gongs which have in the past been made by Zildjian, but current production looks to be Chinese in origin. Ryan Shelledy is an independent gong maker based in the Midwestern United States. Some of the smaller Turkish cymbal companies have also been seen to dabble in gongs but very much as a sideline to their core business of hand-hammered cymbals. Gongs vary in diameter from about . They are made of a bronze alloy composed of a maximum of 22 parts tin to 78 parts"
"manufacturing firm (primarily building banjos) previously operated by A. C. Fairbanks. Vega also acquired the plectrum instrument division of Boston's Thompson & Odell Company, which made bowl-back mandolins, guitars, and several types of banjos. The emphasis remained true to Vega's origins, however, with about 60% of business centered on stringed instruments and 40% on brass. The Vega Company is best known today for its banjos, such as the Vegavox model they co-developed with famous plectrum player Eddie Peabody. Vega continued to build and sell A.C. Fairbanks banjos after it acquired that company. Vega initially labeled these instruments ""A. C. Fairbanks"","
"to what is commonly referred to as the didgeridoo and Yolngu are master players and craftsmen of the instrument. In this region, therhythms, techniques and compositions endemic to the people are of outstanding musical interest. Didgeridoos from north-east Arnhem Land are instruments of the highest cultural integrity. The use of the didgeridoo in this part of Australia continues as an unbroken tradition since time immemorial. In recent times, the Yothu Yindi band and Djalu Gurruwiwi - Mr Didgeridoo himself - has done much to popularise the yidaki around the world. Yidaki are commonly made in north-east Arnhem Land from gadayka"
"Degung, gamelan salendro and tembang sunda are three primary types. The Osing Javanese minority in eastern Java are known for social music for weddings and other celebrations called gandrung, as well as angklung, played by young amateur boys, which is very similar to Balinese gamelan. Kecapi suling is a type of instrumental music that is highly improvisational and popular in parts of West Java that employs two instruments, kecapi (zither) and suling (bamboo flute). It is related to tembang sunda. Angklung is a bamboo musical instrument native to Sundanese people of West Java. It is made out of bamboo tubes"
"president of Sabian. In 2017, Sabian sponsored 'The Capital Project Presents:The Final Concert Some drum experts cite that Sabian is preferable for blues applications Sabian Sabian is a Canadian cymbal designer and manufacturer. It is one of the ""big four"" manufacturers of cymbals, along with Zildjian, Meinl and Paiste.. Sabian Cymbals was founded in 1981 by Robert Zildjian. He had a conflict with his brother Armand a short period after he was not named as the main CEO and successor of Avedis Zildjian. Robert opened Sabian in the small eastern Canadian village of Meductic, New Brunswick. The name 'Sabian' comes"
"Stradivarius A Stradivarius is one of the violins, violas, cellos and other string instruments built by members of the Italian family Stradivari, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), during the 17th and 18th centuries. According to their reputation, the quality of their sound has defied attempts to explain or equal it, though this belief is disputed. The fame of Stradivarius instruments is widespread, appearing in numerous works of fiction. Stradivari made his instruments using an inner form, unlike the French copyists, such as Vuillaume, who employed an outer form. It is clear from the number of forms throughout his career"
"markedly more refined than the Adjustomatic. Jackson Guldan Co. The Jackson Guldan Co. of Columbus, Ohio was a manufacturer of stringed musical instruments, operating in the first half of the 20th Century. Most notably, the company produced violins, fiddles, and violas as its primary product. Secondly, it made acoustic guitars, most carrying the brand name Adjustomatic. Thirdly, it maintained a toy department that, among other products, made toy violins for children. The Jackson Guldan factory was a brick building, three stories tall, with a one-story wing. This description is based on a 1919 photograph posted by the Columbus Metropolitan Library."
"Century. They were known for building superior quality instruments. They manufactured several other brand names including The Autotone Player Piano, Playotone, Hardman-Duo Player Piano, Standard, Minipiano, and Harrington. Sometime in the Great Depression era, industrial giant Aeolian took over Hardman, Peck & Company, and continued to build pianos under that name until the 1980s. In the 1990s the company and trademark was purchased by North American Music. North American introduced a full line of Hardman Peck upright and grand pianos made by Beiijing HsingHai Musical Instruments Corporation, one of the worlds largest piano manufacturers. Beiijing Musical Instruments Corporation at around"
"Jazz"" was hosted by Baldwin. Baldwin was second only to Steinway in its artist and symphony roster. Baldwin Piano Company The Baldwin Piano Company is an American piano brand. It was once the largest US-based manufacturer of keyboard instruments and known by the slogan, ""America's Favorite Piano"". It ceased most domestic production in December 2008, moving production to China. Baldwin is currently a subsidiary of the Gibson Guitar Corporation, the largest American manufacturer of musical instruments. The company traces its origins back to 1857, when Dwight Hamilton Baldwin began teaching piano, organ, and violin in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1862, Baldwin"
"instrument and amplifier companies: Fender, Marshall Amplification, Gibson, Martin, Mesa Boogie, Diamond, Vox, Gretsch, PRS, Epiphone, Ruokangas, Hartke and Orange. These companies, at French's direction, created one-of-a-kind guitars and amplifiers, which were featured in the world’s most famous instrument magazines and all auctioned off to raise money for Uveitis research. In December 2012, Twisted Sister held a benefit for victims of the Hurricane Sandy disaster, together with Adrenaline Mob, Andrew W.K. and Bernie Williams. The band continues to perform on festivals in Europe and worldwide. In 2018 French courted controversy when he stated that the current incarnations of Judas Priest"
"and A Custom, Zildjian K and K Custom, Zildjian Z Custom, Zildjian Z3, Zildjian Armand and Zildjian FX. In 1989 Paiste released professional cymbal series composed of bronze with about 12% tin (exact ratio is proprietary). Such an alloy is two-phase at room temperature, like bell metal, and cannot be cold-rolled so the cymbals must be produced by the traditional ""casting"" process. Paiste calls this ""Signature Bronze"" or ""Sound Formula"", and for a time produced no bell metal cymbals, but now produces high-end cymbals of both this alloy and bell bronze. Examples: Signature, Traditionals, Dark Energy and Precision Malleable bronze"
"the clavichord, harpsichord and piano also fall within this broad categorical use. The word has also been used in conjunction with brand varieties of other string instruments, for example the zither banjo. The earliest known surviving instrument of the zither family is a Chinese guqin, a fretless instrument, found in the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng dating from 433 BC. Similar instruments along this design were developed over the following centuries, for example: the Japanese silk strung koto, the siter of Indonesian gamelans; the Qānūn (or Kanun) of the Middle East; the valiha, a tube zither of Madagascar; and"
"player piano company. Milner pianos were built in Cincinnati at a time consistent with Wurlitzer's presence there. Company records suggest Wurlitzer acquired the Milner company in addition to the several other companies acquired by Wurlitzer over the years, but it is possible that Milner may have simply used Wurlitzer components in their own product. Perhaps the most famous instruments Wurlitzer built were its pipe organs (from 1914 until 1943), which were installed in theatres, homes, churches, and other venues. These were marketed as ""The Mighty Wurlitzers"". Englishman Robert Hope-Jones, considered the inventor of the theatre organ, had developed a concept"
"Sabian APX, Sabian B8X, Soultone Custom Brilliant, Soultone Extreme, Soultone Natural, Soultone Vintage, Soultone Vintage OldSchool 1964, Soultone Gospel, UFIP Tiger, UFIP Supernova, Zildjian Planet Z, ZBT, ZXT, ZHT, S Series Zildjian Pitch Black and the sonic ""XXX"" series by Krash Cymbalz, a B10 alloy line for the heavy-handed, aggressive drummer. Some of the finest traditional gongs and china-type cymbals and nearly all zills are made from brass. However, most brass cymbals are toy or beginners' cymbals. Many of the ""show"" cymbals provided by some drum kit manufacturers for use in shop window displays are also made from brass. These"
"Baldwin Piano Company The Baldwin Piano Company is an American piano brand. It was once the largest US-based manufacturer of keyboard instruments and known by the slogan, ""America's Favorite Piano"". It ceased most domestic production in December 2008, moving production to China. Baldwin is currently a subsidiary of the Gibson Guitar Corporation, the largest American manufacturer of musical instruments. The company traces its origins back to 1857, when Dwight Hamilton Baldwin began teaching piano, organ, and violin in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1862, Baldwin started a Decker Brothers piano dealership and, in 1866, hired Lucien Wulsin as a clerk. Wulsin became"
"restructuring. The company, now a subsidiary of Gibson Guitar Corporation, has manufactured instruments under the Baldwin, Chickering, Wurlitzer, Hamilton, and Howard names. Baldwin has bought two piano factories in China in which they are manufacturing grand and vertical pianos. Recreations of the former US built verticals are built at its factory in Zhongshan, China. These include the Baldwin Hamilton studio models B243 and B247 which are the most popular school pianos ever built. The much larger factory in Dongbei is not building pianos at this time. Baldwin grand pianos are being built to Baldwin specification by Parsons Music, China. All"
"handle the abuse it received from his students as well as from atmospheric changes, since many of his rehearsals were conducted outside. These instruments, however, were not popular, and Maddy’s business venture did not flourish. Other products using aluminum were manufactured in the 1930s including Laurens Hammond’s electric organ created in 1935. Some instruments were more successful than others, such as the vibraphone or vibraharp. The vibraphone, a percussion instrument consisting of a series of bars with tubes below to help resonate the sound, was created in 1921 by the Leedy Manufacturing Company. It got its name from the vibrating"
"Sabian Sabian is a Canadian cymbal designer and manufacturer. It is one of the ""big four"" manufacturers of cymbals, along with Zildjian, Meinl and Paiste.. Sabian Cymbals was founded in 1981 by Robert Zildjian. He had a conflict with his brother Armand a short period after he was not named as the main CEO and successor of Avedis Zildjian. Robert opened Sabian in the small eastern Canadian village of Meductic, New Brunswick. The name 'Sabian' comes from the first two letters of the names of Zildjian's three children (Sally, Billy, and Andy) In 1982, Sabian introduced the Automatic Anvil (AA)"
"is part of the standard college-level percussion performance education. It is a standard instrument in the modern percussion section for orchestras and concert bands. The first musical instrument called ""vibraphone"" was marketed by the Leedy Manufacturing Company in the United States in 1921. However, this instrument differed in significant details from the instrument now called the vibraphone. The Leedy vibraphone achieved a degree of popularity after it was used in the novelty recordings of ""Aloha 'Oe"" and ""Gypsy Love Song"" by vaudeville performer Louis Frank Chiha (""Signor Frisco""). This popularity led J.C. Deagan, Inc. in 1927 to ask its Chief"
"America and elsewhere from 1915 to 1933, but fewer than 40 instruments remain in their original venues. Though there are few original instruments in their original homes, hundreds of theatre pipe organs (typically rescued from defunct theaters or from venues no longer using and maintaining their organs) are installed in public venues throughout the world today, while many more exist in private residences. Many organ builders supplied instruments to theatres. The Rudolph Wurlitzer company, to whom Robert Hope-Jones licensed his name and patents, was the most prolific and well-known manufacturer (2,234 were built), and the phrase ""Mighty Wurlitzer"" became an"
"slaves. This led to the development of Jug bands which used jugs, spoons, and washboards to provide the rhythm. Jug bands became popular in the 1920s. The frottoir, also called a Zydeco rub-board, is a mid-20th century invention designed specifically for Zydeco music. It is one of the few musical instruments invented entirely in the United States and represents a distillation of the washboard into essential elements (percussive surface with shoulder straps). It was designed in 1946 by Clifton Chenier and fashioned by Willie Landry, a friend and metalworker at the Texaco refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Clifton's brother Cleveland"
"instrument manufacturers, many of them founded by, or staffed with, European (and especially German and Austrian) luthiers, were producing concert zithers. Chord zithers were often marketed under confusing brand names like 'guitar zither' or 'mandoline zither'. The recently rediscovered recordings of the gospel singer Washington Phillips, who used two instruments simultaneously, have revealed the virtuosic capability of the chord zither to modern musicians seeking to revive it. By the 1920s, this popularity had begun to wane, as other string instruments (notably guitars) increased in popularity along with the new fashion for jazz music. In the 1950s, interest in zithers resurfaced"
"part of the string T'ang. Court string music also included use of the seven-string zither and the 25-string zither.The daegeum (large transverse flute), piri (cylindrical oboe) and grass flute are all called wind folk. Wind T'ang includes the Chinese oboe, vertical flute and hojok or taepyongso (shawm). The saenghwang (mouth organ), panpipes, hun (ocarina), flute with mouthpiece, danso (small-notch vertical flute), and flute are wind court instruments. Percussion folk instruments include jing (large hanging gong), kkwaenggwari (hand-held gong), buk (barrel drum), janggu (hourglass drum). The bak (clapper) and the janggu (hourglass drum) are the percussion T'ang instruments. Percussion court includes"
"is currently on loan to The Canada Council for the Arts Instrument Bank, which then loans this instrument for 3 years to the winner of its national competition. After being loaned to Korean-Canadian cellist Soo Bae for 3 years, it was awarded in September 2009 to Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer, in 2012 to Arnold Choi of Calgary and in 2015 to Cameron Crozman. It is currently valued at US$12 million. Bonjour Stradivarius The Bonjour Stradivari cello was made by famous luthier Antonio Stradivari 1692. The instrument is named after the amateur 19th-century Parisian cellist Abel Bonjour. On the death of"
"five main styles of khöömei with traditional female vocal styles. They utilize a range of folk instruments including their own signature instrument the chadagan (similar to the zither or hammered dulcimer). Several members perform in the Tuvan National Orchestra and member Ayana Mongush conducts the orchestra. Their songs are a blend of contemporary and traditional culture, some very old and some written and composed by the group or specifically for them. Tyva Kyzy performs a number of songs, often relating to the life of women, songs of their elders and of the land. They were recognized as the best players"
"Saga Musical Instruments Saga Musical Instruments is a manufacturer and wholesale distributor of stringed instruments, particularly fretted instruments and members of the violin family, and parts and accessories for them. They own twenty-two brands, fifteen are listed below. Their brands include: The Blueridge brand are Chinese-built and have won praise from publications such as ""Guitarist Magazine"", ""Total Guitar"" and ""Music Maker"" for quality and affordability. The company specializes in historic and pre-war reproductions that are used by folk and bluegrass players. Endorsed by UK bluesman Martin Harley, two Blueridge models were used to break the world record for the highest"
"abroad. The wood processing industry is represented by companies such as Larix, Gralemn, Remex, Bucin-Mob, Prolemn, and Amis. Reghin is well known for the industry of the musical instruments, especially of violins. There are many companies that produces instruments using the famous resonance wood from Calimani and Gurghiu forests. The violins made in Reghin are used abroad. The ""Hora"" Company is the first to manufacture instruments. In time, other companies were set up among which ""Gliga Instrumente Muzicale"". Yehudi Menuhin used a violin made by ""Gliga"" company. Reghin is presented by Avântul Reghin at association football. Avântul played in Liga"
"stringed instruments are tar and kamancha, which are the part of the national music mugham. They together with ghaval create trio in mugham. Tar is a keyhole-shaped and kamancha is round shaped instrument. Their strings are made of silk or horsehair. Tar traditionally crafted around the country and in 2012 craftsmanship of tar was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists of Humanity. Walnut or mulberry trees are used in order to carve tar. It has long neck and deep body. Traditionally neck was tied 27-28 frets. In the twentieth century Azerbaijani musician Mirza Sadigh (also known as Sadighjan)"
"1949. After 1950, however, the aluminum piano plate was no longer used by piano manufacturers. As soon as aluminum was available in the late nineteenth century, people began experimenting with making new or improved musical instruments, but it was not until the 1930s that companies began to consider mass-producing them. At that time Joseph E. Maddy, founder of the Interlochen School of Music, (now the Interlochen Center for the Arts), requested that Alcoa experiment with manufacturing an aluminum violin and string bass. As a band director, Maddy was looking for durability in musical instruments. He wanted an instrument that could"
"gig ever played. Played by Melvin Goins, Ralph Stanley II, Larry Sparks and many more. Saga Musical Instruments Saga Musical Instruments is a manufacturer and wholesale distributor of stringed instruments, particularly fretted instruments and members of the violin family, and parts and accessories for them. They own twenty-two brands, fifteen are listed below. Their brands include: The Blueridge brand are Chinese-built and have won praise from publications such as ""Guitarist Magazine"", ""Total Guitar"" and ""Music Maker"" for quality and affordability. The company specializes in historic and pre-war reproductions that are used by folk and bluegrass players. Endorsed by UK bluesman"
"of all fretted instruments in 1954. However, in 1965, Fender distributed five models of banjo under the ""Regal"" name, as the ""exclusive distributors"". In 1987 the ""Regal"" name and trademark reappeared as a brand of Saga Musical Instruments. most notable for their 4-string bass resonator guitars, Regal Musical Instrument Company The Regal Musical Instrument Company was established in 1908 in Chicago. By the 1930s, they were one of the largest manufacturers of musical instruments in the world. Regal specialised in: Regal was heavily involved in the production of resonator fretted instruments from their first development until 1941, manufacturing components and"