A. D. Grover

Albert Deane Grover (February 18, 1865 Boston, Massachusetts – October 23, 1927 Manhattan, New York) was an American banjoist, composer, teacher, and prolific inventor of musical parts and accessories for stringed instruments. He was a founding member of the Boston Ideal Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Club. Grover held over 50 patents for musical instrument parts, and founded the musical accessories company A. D. Grover & Son. His father, Stephen Grover (1820–1885), was a Boston piano maker.^[1]

In 1952, Grover Musical Products, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, succeeded A.D. Grover & Son.^[2]

Selected compositions

• Magog Quickstep, composed by Grover, Boston: Thompson & Odell (1887) OCLC 671714696
• Marguerite Waltz, composed by Grover, Boston: Thompson & Odell (1889) OCLC 671715101

Other publications

• Grover's Progressive Method for the Banjo, Boston: Thompson & Odell Company (1892) OCLC 635451928

See also

• Machine head

References

1. Gura, Philip F.; Bollman, James F. (1999). America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century. UNC Press Books. ISBN 978-0-8078-2484-9.
2. Spann, Joseph E. (2011). Spann's Guide to Gibson 1902-1941. Centerstream Publications. Chapter 3. ISBN 978-1-57424-267-6.

External links

• The Maverick schottische / by A. D. Grover. [1]