police officer see gary d addario . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message external video oral history jim d addario talks about the importance of constantly evaluating the company s mission to stay on target . interview date july 19 2003 namm national association of music merchants oral history library external video oral history john d addario reflects on the influence of the beatles on the guitar string industry . interview date july 19 2003 namm national association of music merchants oral history library external video oral history peter d addario talks about the generosity of his grandfather . interview date december 12 2013 namm national association of music merchants oral history library d addario type private industry musical instruments founded 1974 ; 42 years ago 1974 headquarters farmingdale new york united states area served worldwide products guitar and bass strings picks straps capos number of employees 1 000 subsidiaries evans drumheads promark rico reeds planet waves website daddario.com d addario is a manufacturer of musical instrument strings primarily for guitars currently headquartered in farmingdale long island new york . it is a family owned and operated business that is one of the largest string manufacturers in the world not only producing several lines of strings under their own brand names but also making oem strings for other musical instrument companies . d addario also produces and distributes other musical accessories under other brands . some of the products offered are cables capos ear plugs electronic tuners straps humidifiers picks slides 1 drumheads drum sticks and reeds for woodwind instruments . contents 1 history 2 brands and products 3 references 4 external links history edit the d addario phonetically pronounced d d io in american english or dad da io in italian family of string makers originated in the small italian town of salle in the province of pescara . a baptismal form from 1680 names a donato d addario as a cordaro where cordaro is a regional variant of italian cordaio meaning maker or seller of ropes and strings . from other historical records it appears that the town s primary occupations were farming and string making . at the time strings were made of sheep or hog gut and making them was a laborious process . after an earthquake devastated the town in 1905 two brothers in law rocco and carmine d addario emigrated to astoria in queens new york in an attempt to expand their market importing and selling the strings made by their family in salle . by 1918 rocco had returned to salle and carmine who later known as charles began making his own strings in a small shop behind the family home . still made from gut the process of making strings involved all members of the family . the guitar saw a major rise in popularity in the early part of the 20th century because of new popular music and sometime in the 1930s the family began making strings for this instrument producing strings made to order for individual musicians or for guitar manufacturers . the development of nylon by dupont during world war ii produced a major change in the family business . sent samples by dupont in 1947 the d addarios immediately began experimenting with this new material consulting with many of its regular customers in developing the strings . during the late 1940s and early 1950s especially after the birth of rock and roll nylon stringed classical guitars were being eclipsed in popularity by the steel string guitar . some of the younger members of the family wanted to expand into steel strings but charles was reluctant to risk the family business on what he considered an uncertain market . in 1956 a new company the archaic musical string mfg co. began to make steel strings run by charles son john d addario sr. the company made strings for several of the major guitar makers of the time including gretsch d angelico martin and guild . in 1962 the two companies were merged under the name darco . the guitar had become the most popular instrument in the u.s. and the darco company came up with many innovations in the manufacture of guitar strings including the first automated equipment to wind strings and the first roundwound bass guitar strings . in the late 1960s darco was approached by martin guitars regarding a merger in order to pool resources and development efforts . while the partnership was beneficial for both companies by 1974 the d addario family decided it was time to market strings under their own name and the j. d addario & company corporation was formed . in 1977 the d addario classical guitar roster showed association with and sponsorship of the following guitarists laurindo almeida michael laucke frederic hand david starobin david russell jorge morel william matthews paco pe a michael newman david leisner and alice artzt . 2 darco is still a brand name used by the martin guitar company . originally located in lynbrook new york the business continued to expand and in 1994 moved to its current facility in farmingdale new york . the company is still owned and operated by the d addario family with 13 family members among the 1 000 employees of the company . brands and products edit brand products d addario guitar and bass mandolin banjo ukulele fiddle baritone resophonic strings evans drumheads drumheads planet waves cables capos ear plugs electronic tuners picks straps humidifiers picks slides promark drum sticks d addario woodwinds reserve reeds and mouthpieces rico reeds d addario orchestral strings zyez amo vivo prelude helicore references edit planet waves instrument cables review . guitarhoo . guitarhoo.com . september 24 2004 . retrieved april 16 2014 . d addario classical guitar roster external links edit d addario website evans drumheads 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