Musser
Clair Omar Musser was a marimba virtuoso, a conductor and promoter of marimba orchestras, a composer, a teacher, a designer of keyboard percussion instruments, an inventor, and an engineer for Hughes Aircraft and the Deagan Company. Following World War II, Musser left the Deagan Company to start his own firm, Musser Marimbas, Inc. Unfortunately, business accumen was not one of Musser's strengths, and the company was shortly sold to Lyons Band Instrument Manufacturers in 1956. Today, Musser Marimbas is a division of the Ludwig company. Musser's design work, from the bars to the frame, helped to refine and standardize the marimba.
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