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Topic: Who is "Bruno"?
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Wayne Cox
Member From: Chatham, Louisiana, USA
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posted 12 October 2003 08:43 PM
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Lately I have run across a few old D-8 console steels that were supposedly made by "Bruno". The steels roughly resemble Fender Stringmasters. I am not familiar with the man (Bruno)or a company by that name. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
~~W.C.~~ |
Blake Hawkins
Member From: Land O'Lakes, Florida
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posted 13 October 2003 05:07 AM
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Wayne,
I believe those are Japanese, made by Guyatone.Check this previous thread: http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/004048.html Blake[This message was edited by Blake Hawkins on 13 October 2003 at 05:11 AM.] |
Russ Young
Member From: Seattle, Washington, USA
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posted 13 October 2003 06:58 AM
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Bruno was an American music wholesaler in the 19th and 20th centuries. Charles Bruno originally had a partnership with C.F. Martin, and many of the early Brunos were built by Martin. Later guitars were built by Oscar Schmidt (among others?) It's not clear to me whether Bruno later had guitars built by Guyatone, or whether the use of the name on Japanese lap steels and guitars is unrelated. |
Denny Turner
Member From: Northshore Oahu, Hawaii USA
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posted 13 October 2003 08:59 AM
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Wayne,Not too long ago I was doing some internet searching about Teisco, and remember running into quite a bit of histroy about Bruno. Bruno was quite a large wholesaler from a number of sources. An internet search of * Teisco +Bruno * should retrieve some history about Bruno, and an internet search for * Guyatone +Bruno * should retrieve some info about their import of Guyatone jobbers as well, if they did in fact import Guyatone. I have seen several unbranded Guyatones so I know they were jobbing. The music store I worked in as a teenager back in the mid-60's had Bruno branded Teisco's. I have never seen a Teisco steel that looked anything close to a Fender, but the Japanese Guyatones look a bit similar. Aloha,
Denny T~ |
Wayne Cox
Member From: Chatham, Louisiana, USA
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posted 13 October 2003 03:43 PM
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Thanks BLAKE,RUSS, & DENNY ! I'll run down the leads.
~~W.C.~~ |
David Phillips
Member From: San Francisco, CA , USA
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posted 13 October 2003 10:00 PM
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Wayne,
I have one of these Bruno double necks.
I appreciate your question as I would like to know more about my guitar.
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C. Brattain
Member From: Balch Springs, Texas, usa
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posted 14 October 2003 01:12 PM
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Kaman Music bought out C. Bruno and Son a few years ago, C. Bruno had been in business for years and years and years, etc,. |
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