1973- October. Kate and Mark decide to start a banjo company in Leverett Center, Mass. at The Leverett Craftsman and Artists (LCA) where Mark is making dulcimers. We start out with $600 and a table saw<\/p>\n
1974-January 25. Mahogany Northampton #81, our first instrument, is sold to Tony Creamer at Fretted Instrument Workshop in Amherst, Mass.<\/p>\n
1975?- First catalog, 1 piece hand-lettered two fold single sheet 8 1\/2×15\u201dwith 6 pages.<\/p>\n
1977- January 4 \u00a0A.E.Smith incorporates as a Sub-Chapter S corporation. Total assets and inventory $9,472.00<\/p>\n
1977- January. Second catalog released with January, 1977 price list. First soft cover catalog with separate price list. Cream colored with black ink. Victorian ornate cover. (See web site home page) 6 \u00bd\u201dx 9 \u00bd \u201c with 16 pages.<\/p>\n
1977-August-September. Move to 30 Olive St. Greenfield Mass.<\/p>\n
1978- April. Third catalog issued, soft cover. Same cover design as 1997 catalog. Individual price lists, both dealer and retail. First price list printed \u00a0April 1, 1978 and the second on May 1, 1979. Pale green with black ink.\u00a0 6\u201dx 9\u201dwith 20 pages.<\/p>\n
1978- September 29, 1978-August 5th<\/sup> 1979. A.E. Smith Shelburne ll with heel carving featured at the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n 1979- April. Frets article on A.E.Smith comes out.<\/p>\n 1979- July 4. Kate\u2019s last day of work at A.E.Smith Banjo Company. She leaves to start Maple Leaf Music in Brattleboro, Vermont.<\/p>\n 1980-Spring. A.E. Smith moves to Old Mill Rd. Shelburne Falls, Mass. 01370.<\/p>\n 1980- March 31. Last catalog with individual insert sheets for each banjo. Buff cover, cream pages with brown ink. Same cover design as last two catalogs, but missing top part of Victorian design. Retail and dealer\u2019s price list. 6 \u00bc\u201dx 10\u201d.<\/p>\n 1981- Spring. Business closes when recession hits.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arthur E. Smith Banjo Company Time-Line 1973- October. Kate and Mark decide to start a banjo company in Leverett Center, Mass. at The Leverett Craftsman and Artists (LCA) where Mark is making dulcimers. We start out with $600 and a table saw 1974-January 25. Mahogany Northampton #81, our first instrument, is sold to Tony Creamer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"template-biz.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gii.hmu.temporary.site\/website_473ea3da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gii.hmu.temporary.site\/website_473ea3da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gii.hmu.temporary.site\/website_473ea3da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gii.hmu.temporary.site\/website_473ea3da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gii.hmu.temporary.site\/website_473ea3da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gii.hmu.temporary.site\/website_473ea3da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"https:\/\/gii.hmu.temporary.site\/website_473ea3da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/976"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gii.hmu.temporary.site\/website_473ea3da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gii.hmu.temporary.site\/website_473ea3da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}