Harmony made guitars - Brand names
On this list, I chose to keep only the brands, not the model names. For example, there were many different "Patrician" models, but all these guitars were sold under the Harmony brand, they appear in Harmony catalogs. Patrician is a model name, not a brand. Same for Sovereign, Monterey, Vogue, etc.
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Premier |
Regal - distributed by Fender |
Rex |
Rickenbacker - (1932-1950) - Harmony made the very first guitars electrified by Rickenbacker. Most have the old "Rickenbacher Electro" former spelling nameplate. Some others were made by Kay. |
Rogers - or A.Rogers |
Serenader - distributed by B & J - (ca 1935-1946) |
Silvertone - distributed by Sears & Roebuck - (1940-1970) |
Sonata |
SR Sears & Roebuck - distributed by Sears & Roebuck - (1969-) - Sears did not used the Silvertone brand after 1970 |
SS Maxwell - distributed by Targ & Dinner - (1933-1938) |
SS Stewart - distributed by B & J |
Stadium - (ca 1939-1941) |
Supertone - distributed by Sears & Roebuck - (1914-1940) |
Suprema - distributed by Eaton's Canada |
Supro (Valco) - (1936-1968) - bodies by Harmony |
Tone King |
Tower - distributed by unknown - (1943-45) |
Truetone - distributed by Western Auto |
Tuxedo |
Vega - bodies by Harmony |
Vibratone |
Vita - distributed by Harmony - (1928) - Check the Vita Roy Smeck models under the main Harmony brand |
Walters - (G.B Walters) |
Weymann |
Windsor |
Wizard - (1942) |
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Harmony made many guitars sold under others names.
It appears they were never exact copy of the Harmony branded models, but very few changes for many of them (mainly colors). On the other hand some rare models, like the Silvertone 1446 above and its Gibson pickups, did not have equivalent in the Harmony line.
These are the most common brands :
Please use the contact form to message me if you have any info to share about these ! Maybe we can exchange scans of old catalog's pages !
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