Horn-u-Copia's Display of Makers

• 1909 H. Slingerland, music teacher, #105 Ashland St.
• 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
• 1918 H. Slingerland, proprietor of music school, #616 S. Michigan Blvd., Chicago
• 1923 first factory building at #1815 Orchard St for making ukuleles, banjos, & guitars
• 1927 Slingerland starts making drums
• 1930 Henry Slingerland, musical instrument maker, home at #846 Monroe Ave., River Forest
• 1935 Slingerland Banjo & Drum Co., Belden Ave & Ward St.; bugle models available are Howard C. Knobel, Professional, Regulation, Tenor, & Short
• 1941 at #1330 Belden Ave.
• 1946 Henry dies on March 13; son Henry Jr. (1921-1980) takes ownership at this time
• 1959 Slingerland Drum Co. is moving to a new 45,000 sf building at #6630 N. Milwaukee, Niles, IL
• 1962 Henry Jr. (Bud) starts the Solar Musical Instrument Co. in Shelbyville, TN for drum making
• 1973 Slingerland adds a 19,800 sf addition to their facility
• 1980 the company is sold to Mardan Corp. probably following Bud’s death
• 1994 Slingerland now purchased by Gibson

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