La Bella / E. & O. Mari, Inc. is a family-owned music string manufacturer founded in 1913 by Italian immigrants Olinto and Emilio Mari. The company has been continuously family-owned and operated, currently run by Richard Mari Cocco Jr. with his children, and is known for its heritage in string making dating back to the 17th century. La Bella manufactures a wide range of music strings for guitar, bass, folk, world, and orchestral instruments, and also hand-builds Olinto basses in Brooklyn, NY.
C. F. Martin & Co., IncFounded in 1833, C. F. Martin & Co. is a family-owned and operated musical-instrument maker that has remained under family ownership for six generations. The company builds acoustic guitars and ukuleles, and has also manufactured its own strings since acquiring Darco Strings in 1970. Its instruments are handcrafted in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, while Martin strings are made at the company’s facility in Navojoa, Mexico.NAZARETH, PA
Grover/Trophy Music GroupA Cleveland music company with roots reaching back to 1922, Grover/Trophy Music Group remains run by the fourth generation of the Berger family. Its long history has carried it from wholesale instruments into proprietary musical manufacturing, including the Flutophone, which the company says has sold more than 50 million units worldwide, while serving everyone from major orchestras to school bands and garage players.CLEVELAND, OH
Schulmerich Bells, LLCSince 1935, Schulmerich Bells has crafted handbells and MelodyChime instruments, growing into what it describes as the world’s largest and oldest existing handbell company. Its artisans blend traditional bellmaking with technology, having produced well over a million handbells for institutions worldwide, while the company also refurbishes instruments under factory supervision and preserves a lifetime warranty on its handbells.339992GREEN LANE, PA
60X Custom StringsFounded in 2010 by multi-world and national champion archer Brad Patsy, 60X Custom Strings makes individually built bow strings and cables for archers and bowhunters. What began in Patsy’s basement after he grew frustrated with stretching strings has become a Cowansville, Pennsylvania company shipping worldwide, while still custom-making each string rather than mass-producing them. The business also supplies archery equipment and bowstring-building materials for customers who prefer to maintain their own gear.COWANSVILLE, PA