According to that source, Sorkin acquired Strad-O-Lin in 1957. Most acoustic instruments were made by United Guitar Corp in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Other brands they offered were Premier, Marvel, Beltone, and Strad-O-Lin. After WWII they set up the Multivox subsidiary to manufacture amplifiers. First starting with guitar amps and pickups. Also, the brand Premier Guitars is listed from 1938-1975 and is owned by Peter Sorkin Music Company in Manhattan, who began in Philadelphia, relocating to NYC in 1935. In the late 50's, Multivox/Premier bought the company. In the Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide 2008, Strad-O-Lin is mentioned operating from 20's-60's and operated by Hominic brothers in NYC, primarily making mandolins for wholesalers.
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Mike-I did some quick research with a couple books I have plus Google. Maybe not.Īnyone that wants to know the name of the manufacturer needs to start reading posts.
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I think the professional models may have been made by someone else. Mike Holmes on makes mention of someone that swore they were in the Strad-O-Lin factory in NYC in the 30's. Since that builder just happened to be in the same city as Sorkin and had the capacity I think it's a good argument that they made some of them, perhaps most of them. I've never seen that tailpiece cover on any other mandolins other than Strad-O-Lin's and Strad-O-Lin genre mandolins labeled for others.
Since the Rosetta stone mandolin had the exact same pickguard and tailpiece cover that my branded Strad-O-Lin has including the pads I have to assume they came from the same builder.
I'm guessing he wasn't aware of the relationship his father and uncle had had with Sorkin. I thought I had read everything that has ever been discussed here on Stradolin, but must has missed that particular piece of information.If you have then you're aware of who I think made the bulk of themĮven though the last remaining member of that family said they never built for anyone else he did say they were building that same mandolin since the 20's.
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