Coleman's Music | 3 years ago
Nick and Tim look at a couple of the limited edition flame top Harmony Guitars just arrived at our stores. These are just some of the limited run flame top models released at Namm 2020 that have finally made it to our shores!
There was a moment in time when the Harmony Musical Instrument Company was the largest musical instrument company in the U.S. The Chicago Based company was founded in 1892 by Wilhelm Schultz with 4 employees. Within in 2 years the number of employees had expanded to over 40 employees and the mass production of Small Acoustic Guitars, Banjo’s, Violins and Mandolins started. By 1915 Harmony was the largest manufacturer of Ukulele’s and in 1916 the company was purchased by SEARS in an attempt to corner the Ukulele market in the U.S. By 1930 Harmony was producing over 500,000 instruments a year, mainly Guitars, Banjos and Mandolins. A lot of the electric Guitars made in the 50s and 60s came with DeArmond pickups. Some of the early Harmony Models had up to three DeArmond pickups each with individual volume and tone controls. For the money these were quite nice instrument and have their own unique sound due to the way they were built and the pickups they used. A lot of the models at the time used the Gold Foil Pickups that have become synonymous with the Harmony models of today. In 1975 the Harmony Guitar Company ceased its operations and the sold the Name.
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