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<p>Created page with &#39;The Gretsch Company truly started out generating tambourines. The Brooklyn New York company was founded by Friedrich Gretsch in 1883. Friedrich died unexpectedly in 1895 and his …&#39;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The Gretsch Company truly started out generating tambourines. The Brooklyn New York company was founded by Friedrich Gretsch in 1883. Friedrich died unexpectedly in 1895 and his son Fred Sr. headed the company. Fred retired in 1942 and the working of the business was still left to his sons Fred Jr. and at some point Bill Gretsch. By the mid 1920's the business was making ukuleles, banjos and drums. They launched a line of tenor guitars in 1927.<br /> <br /> The firm opened an office in Chicago in 1930 for income and distribution. They did not produce instruments in Chicago. By the mid 1930's Gretsch was distributing different brand names of band and string instruments including drums. In 1933 they presented a line of Gretsch-American archtop guitars that they offered with other brands that incorporated Kay-Kraft, Rex and Harmony.<br /> <br /> http://www.banjoukulele.org</div>

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