What Armenian-founded manufacturer based in Massachusetts makes James Riley Breckenridge's cymbals?
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Riley Breckenridge James Riley Breckenridge (born January 5, 1975) is the drummer for Post-hardcore band Thrice. He plays C & C Custom Drums, and uses Vic Firth drumsticks, Zildjian cymbals, Remo drumheads, with Drum Workshop hardware and pedals.
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Avedis Zildjian Company The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian , is an American-based cymbal manufacturer founded in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) by Armenian Avedis Zildjian in the 17th century. It is now based in Norwell, Massachusetts. Being nearly 400 years old, Zildjian is one of the oldest companies in the world. Zildjian also sells drum-related accessories, such as drum sticks and cymbal carriers. It is the largest cymbal manufacturer in the world.
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Mitchell Electronics Mitchell Electronics Incorporated, founded in 1979, is a manufacturer of equipment to test and run servomotors, encoders and resolvers as well as various third-party electronic devices. Corporate headquarters are located in Athens, Ohio, which is also where manufacturing takes place. The company is an associate member of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA), an international electromechanical trade organization.
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Armen Ra Armen Ra is an American artist and performer of Iranian-Armenian descent.
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Chickering &amp; Sons Chickering & Sons was an American piano manufacturer located in Boston, Massachusetts, known for producing award-winning instruments of superb quality and design. The company was founded in 1823 by Jonas Chickering and James Stewart, but the partnership dissolved four years later. By 1830 Jonas Chickering became partners with John Mackay, manufacturing pianos as "Chickering & Company", and later "Chickering & Mackays" until the senior Mackay's death in 1841, and reorganized as "Chickering & Sons" in 1853. Chickering pianos continued to be made until 1983.
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Avo Uvezian Avo Uvezian (March 22, 1926 in Beirut, French Lebanon – March 24, 2017) was an Armenian-American jazz pianist and cigar manufacturer.
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Adams Musical Instruments Adams Musical Instruments is a manufacturer of percussion instruments based in the Netherlands.
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Sarkies Brothers The Sarkies Brothers were a group of brothers of Armenian ethnicity, best known for founding a chain of luxury hotels throughout Southeast Asia. Born in Isfahan, Iran, the brothers were:
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Chambarak Chambarak (Armenian: Ճամբարակ ), is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was known as "Mikhaylovka" until 1920, "Karmir Gyugh" between 1920 and 1972, and "Krasnoyelsk" between 1972 and 1991. Chambarak was founded in 1835-40as "Mikhaylovka" on the Getik River by Russian immigrants . Karmir Gyugh and Krasnosyelsk both mean "Red Village" in Armenian and Russian respectively. There are many 13th-century khachkars in the town. The name Chambarak refers to an ancient settlement that existed on the present town's place during the Middle Ages.
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Levon Chilingirian Levon Chilingirian OBE (born 28 May 1948) is a UK-based violinist of Armenian origin. The founder of the Chilingirian Quartet, he is also a professor and Chamber Music Artist in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music and professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, both in London.
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Massachusetts Arms Company The Massachusetts Arms Company, of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts was a manufacturer of firearms and firearm-related products from about 1849 into the early 20th century.
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Zanchi (cymbals) Zanchi (later spelled Zanki) is an Italian brand of cymbals. The brand was made between 1947 till around the mid 1990s, and was noted for its 'Vibra' cymbals.
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Briggs &amp; Riley Briggs & Riley Travelware is a manufacturer of luggage. The company is based in Hauppauge, New York and was founded in 1993 by Richard Costa. The company is known for its "Simple as that" lifetime guarantee that even covers damage caused by an airline. Briggs & Riley luggage can be purchased from independent retailers across the United States and Canada, as well as through its "online boutique".
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Hamilton Stands Hamilton Stands Inc. is a musical instrument accessories manufacturing company based in Middletown, Ohio, and has existed since 1883.
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Ashly Audio Ashly Audio is an American audio equipment company founded by Bill Thompson and Dave Malloy in 1974. Ashly produces over 40 products, including amplifiers, mixers, equalizers, digital and analog audio processors, for the recording and live sound industries.
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Alexander Spendiaryan Alexander Afanasyevich Spendiaryan (Spendiarov) (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Ստեփանոսի Սպենդիարյան , Russian: Александр Афанасьевич Спендиаров , November 1, 1871, Kakhovka, Russian Empire – May 7, 1928, Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian born in Russia, music composer, conductor, founder of Armenian national symphonic music and one of the patriarchs of Armenian classical music. His compositions include the opera "Almast" (Armenian: Ալմաստ ՝ brilliant) and the "Yerevan Etudes," among others.
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Johnson String Instrument Johnson String Instrument is a full service provider of new and previously owned stringed instruments and accessories, including their rental, sales, restoration, repair and appraisal. Located in Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, the company was founded in 1976 by Carol and Roger Johnson, and is currently owned by their son, Adam Johnson. The company is privately held.
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Etchmiadzin Paper Factory The Etchmiadzin Paper Factory was a paper factory, which was built in the 1780s by Catholicos Simeon I of Yerevan in Etchmiadzin. The factory was active for about half a decade, but stopped operating after Catholicos Simeon's death. The factory has been destroyed, due to the invasions of Mamad Khan at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th century, and the Russian-Persian war afterwards, after which a paper factory has never been rebuilt in Armenia.
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Ayotte Drums Ayotte Drums is a custom drum company based in Bedford, Quebec, Canada. The company builds boutique drums distinguished by their wood hoops, which give the drums a unique sound and aesthetic. The drums are also known for their Tune-Lock tensioning system, which both protects the drums’ tuning, and provides a quick-release when changing drum heads. Although Ayotte has manufactured a range of drums over its history, including some pre-made kits, and some with steel hoops, the custom-made kit with wood hoops continues to be core of its production.
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John Broadwood &amp; Sons John Broadwood & Sons is an English piano manufacturer, founded in 1728 by Burkat Shudi and continued after his death in 1773 by John Broadwood.
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Macha (band) Macha was an experimental post-rock band from Athens, Georgia composed of brothers Josh McKay (founder/singer/multi-instrumentalist), Mischo McKay (drums/percussion), Kai Reidl (multi-instrumentalist) and Wes Martin (multi-instrumentalist). Macha's music combined the precision tension-and-release post-rock of Mogwai with the lush, hypnotic grind of My Bloody Valentine, along with elements of post-punk, kraut-rock and especially Indonesian Gamelan. The CMJ New Music Report opined that the band "may have invented a new genre - call it Indo-rock." They incorporated a variety of instruments into their sets: Javanese zither, Balinese bamboo flute, hammered dulcimer, Hawaiian slide guitar, talempong nipple gongs and Nepalese shawms, vibraphone, and a 1970s-era thrift-store organ called the Fun Machine.
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Armenian Americans Armenian Americans (Armenian: ամերիկահայեր , "amerikahayer") are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or partial Armenian ancestry. They form the second largest community in the Armenian diaspora after Armenians in Russia. The first major wave of Armenian immigration to the United States took place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Thousands of Armenians settled in the United States following the Hamidian massacres of the mid-1890s and the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire. Since the 1950s many Armenians from the Middle East (especially from Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Egypt and Turkey) migrated to America as a result of political instability in this region. At around the same time immigration from the Soviet Union began. It accelerated in the late 1980s and has continued after the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. in 1991 due to socio-economic and political reasons.