. . . . . . . . . . . "Oahu Music Company (Oahu Publishing Company)"@en . . . . . . . . . . "The Oahu Music Company was a music education program in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s to teach students to play the Hawaiian Guitar. Popular culture in America became fascinated with Hawaiian music during the first half of the twentieth century and in 1916, recordings of indigenous Hawaiian instruments outsold every other genre of music in the U.S. By 1920, sales of Hawaiian guitars and instruction had become well established and Oahu Music Company was the leading purveyor of these programs. The organization canvassed nearly every city in the United States, often door-to-door, selling both their Oahu-brand instruments and lessons for young people to join their weekly classes. Oahu Music was founded in Flint, Michigan in 1926 by Harry G. Stanley and his half-brother George Bronson. The two men later parted ways and Stanley became sole owner. In great depression of the 1930s, many Americans had little money to spend on extra items such as musical instruments, but acoustic steel guitars were available for the relatively low price of seven dollars, including case, bar, picks, nut adapter, and lessons. The company thrived even through the worst of the depression."@en . . . . "1926"^^ . "International"@en . . "1926"^^ . . "Oahu Publishing Company \u2013 logo c. 1928.png"@en . . "67579641"^^ . . . . . "1102892817"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "1985"^^ . . "Oahu Music Company"@en . "Oahu Music Company"@en . . . "Harry G. Stanley and George Bronson"@en . . "12539"^^ . "Musical instruments, instruction and publishing"@en . . "Steel guitars, Spanish guitars, accordions, amplifiers, music, music instruction, music publications, music accessories"@en . . . "United States"@en . . . . . . . . . . "The Oahu Music Company was a music education program in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s to teach students to play the Hawaiian Guitar. Popular culture in America became fascinated with Hawaiian music during the first half of the twentieth century and in 1916, recordings of indigenous Hawaiian instruments outsold every other genre of music in the U.S. By 1920, sales of Hawaiian guitars and instruction had become well established and Oahu Music Company was the leading purveyor of these programs. The organization canvassed nearly every city in the United States, often door-to-door, selling both their Oahu-brand instruments and lessons for young people to join their weekly classes."@en . . . .