Stromberg Voisinet

The Stromberg-Voisinet Company was one of the big Chicago stringed instrument makers who mass produced instruments, often for other companies which were marketed other brand names. It had its origins as the Groeshel Mandolin Company, founded in Chicago in 1890, but was renamed to Stromberg-Voisinet in 1921. Henry Kay Kuhrmeyer joined the company in 1923 and went on to become its president. In 1928, with the help of other investors he bought the company. A new company, Kay Musical Instruments was formed in 1931 from the assets of Stromberg-Voisinet.