How many times have you been on a gig and broken a string while playing and are forced to stop the show for a few minutes as you frantically try and restring? There always seems to be one tool you ...

For decades, D'Addario has manufactured strings for guitars and orchestral instruments with an eye on a more sustainable future. By Josh Glicksman Writer Since the 1970s, D’Addario has manufactured ...

The surname D'Addario is, by now, inextricably linked to guitar strings. Among its many ventures and innovations is the system of color-coding strings, which D’Addario CEO Jim D'Addario reveals was ...

A century ago, an immigrant who settled in Astoria set up a tiny, home-based guitar string manufacturing shop, continuing a family tradition that he brought with him from the Italian countryside. That ...

At D’Addario & Co., a Farmingdale-based manufacturer of guitar strings and other musical accessories, executives are whistling a happy tune these days. Sales have risen comfortably, the company has ...

FARMINGDALE – In its second takeover this year, J. D’Addario & Co. Inc. said it acquired Rico International, a Sun Valley, Calif.-based manufacturer of reeds and mouthpieces. D’Addario, a maker of ...

The innovative history of the D’Addario NYXL, the guitar string for people who want to shred. Jim D’Addario’s family has been making music strings since 1680. His Long Island factory has grown in ...