![]() I joined the firm full time in 1962 (I had been working after school and in the summers for my Grandfather since 1957). ![]() ![]() He quickly moved the shop to larger quarters at 57 Front Street, Brooklyn, where he remained until 1962. In 1959, Herk received full control from the family and changed the name to Favilla Guitars, Inc. ![]() 16th Streeet in New York City where the shop remained until 1959 when it was taken over by my father Hercules (known as Herk) after a tumultuous ten year internal struggle with his brother Frank (a brilliant builder but not a businessman). If it had strings on it the Favilla brothers built it.Ībout 1930 they moved the shop briefly to 552 Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, then to 4 W. In the early 1920's they employed 55 people, building thousands of ukuleles as well as mandolins, banjos, guitars and some violins (built by Joseph). In the United States, in 1890, they started in a combination music store and instrument shop located at 161 Bowery, and at one point 200 & 201 Grand Street in New York City. (A generation earlier the family was building string instruments in Italy under my Great-grandfather Francesco). Four years later my Grandfather John (Giovanni) and his brother Joseph, a violin builder, formed a company in 1894. The Favilla Brothers started building string instruments in the United States in 1890. ![]() A Brief History of The Company by Thomas Favilla: ![]()
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