please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2015 this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message marchione guitars industry musical instruments founded 1993 founder stephen raphael marchione headquarters houston texas website www.marchione.com marchione guitars of houston texas is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as acoustic and electric guitars fretless bass guitars and violins . the company was founded in manhattan by stephen raphael marchione and moved to houston in 2001 . marchione has been a luthier since 1990 . contents 1 history 2 notable players 3 references 4 external links history edit marchione started building stringed instruments in 1990 after graduating from naropa university where he received b.a. in music . marchione found an apprenticeship with pensa suhr guitars and worked with john suhr and mas hino acquiring a reputation as an expert luthier . 1 he opened marchione guitars in 1993 on 20th st. after the september 11 attacks in 2001 marchione decided to move back with his family to his hometown of houston . since 1999 marchione has collaborated with mark whitfield on five different archtop guitars . 2 he also makes electric guitars including the transparent blue neck through the body electric . 3 notable players edit mark whitfield with a marchione 16 archtop mark whitfield 4 references edit teltsch kathleen 17 september 1993 . chronicle . the new york times . p. 6 . retrieved 6 january 2012 . shaw robert 2008 . hand made hand played the art & craft of contemporary guitars . sterling . p. 224 . isbn 978 1 57990 787 7 . retrieved 6 january 2012 . shaw robert 2008 . hand made hand played the art & craft of contemporary guitars . sterling . p. 329 . isbn 978 1 57990 787 7 . retrieved 6 january 2012 . barth joe ; milkowski bill 2007 . voices in jazz guitar great performers talk about their approach to playing . mel bay . p. 437 . isbn 978 0 7866 7679 8 . retrieved 6 january 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title marchione guitars & oldid 743466326 categories companies established in 1993guitar manufacturing companiesmanufacturing companies based in houstonmusical instrument manufacturing companieshidden categories orphaned articles from february 2015all orphaned articlesarticles lacking reliable references from december 2009all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view