Horn-u-Copia's Display of Makers

Slingerland

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  1909 H. Slingerland, music teacher, #105 Ashland St.
  


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  1914 Henry Heanon Slingerland (1875-1946) purchases the
  Chicago Correspondence School of Music and changes it to
  the Slingerland Correspondence School of Music; #431 S.
  Wabash Ave., Chicago
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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  1918 H. Slingerland, proprietor of music school, #616 S.
  Michigan Blvd., Chicago
  


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  1923 first factory building at #1815 Orchard St for making
  ukuleles, banjos, & guitars
  


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  1927 Slingerland starts making drums
  


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  1930 Henry Slingerland, musical instrument maker, home at
  #846 Monroe Ave., River Forest
  


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  1935 Slingerland Banjo & Drum Co., Belden Ave & Ward St.;
  bugle models available are Howard C. Knobel,
  Professional, Regulation, Tenor, & Short
  


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  1941 at #1330 Belden Ave.
  


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  1946 Henry dies on March 13; son Henry Jr. (1921-1980) takes
  ownership at this time
  


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  1959 Slingerland Drum Co. is moving to a new 45,000 sf
  building at #6630 N. Milwaukee, Niles, IL
  


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  1962 Henry Jr. (Bud) starts the Solar Musical Instrument Co. in
  Shelbyville, TN for drum making
  


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  1973 Slingerland adds a 19,800 sf addition to their facility
  


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  1980 the company is sold to Mardan Corp. probably following
  Bud’s death
  


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  1994 Slingerland now purchased by Gibson
  

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