![]() ![]() He began publishing music in 1887 in which year the company was incorporated. In 1885 he established a banjo and guitar factory in Hanover Street, Boston, and the business steadily grew from that time on. In 1880 George L Lansing became an associate and this famous player gave him many suggestions for the improvement of his instruments. In 1875 he gave up all thoughts of stair building and started to manufacture banjos full time as a business based in East Boston. He used his spare time to make banjos which he sold without any trouble. Being dissatisfied with the crude instrument he decided to make himself a better one, having been apprenticed to the stair builders trade where he learned a lot about wood working and tools. Lincoln B Gatcomb was born in Hancock, Maine, on 25th June 1854 and bought his first banjo when a boy after hearing Bill Carter perform. ![]() The L B Gatcomb Co., Boston Mass, was well known as makers of banjos well into the turn of the 20th C. ![]()
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