![]() So in 1952 the company was founded with Mann as president and Dronge as vice-president and former Epiphone employees were hired. George Mann saw the potential in hiring these out-of-work craftsmen.Īnother friend of both men, Gene Detgen, suggested the name “Guild”. To put a halt this the Stathopoli Brothers left their manufacturing facility in New York City and set up shop in Philadelphia leaving many craftsmen without work. Around this time period the company was facing upheavals by employees who wanted to unionize. Mann was in management with Epiphone Guitars. In 1952 his friend George Mann suggested they team up as partners in a guitar business. He then amassed a fortune by importing accordions and distributing them in the early 1950’s when the accordion was a very popular musical instrument. This was in the mid-1930’s and Dronge successfully ran it until 1948. He eventually opened a music store in the same part of town back he grew up in. He was an accomplished banjo player and guitarist. ![]() The Guild Guitar Company was founded in 1952 by Avram “Alfred” Dronge, a guitarist and music-store owner, and George Mann, a former executive with the Epiphone Guitar Company.ĭronge immigrated with his family to the United States in 1916 and grew up in Manhattan, near the Music Row district, around West 48th street.
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