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Newport’s Vic Firth Company Worldwide drumstick manufacturing began in 1963 by Brian Swartz
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he world’s top timpanist saw something special in Newport, where the company that he incorporated in 1963 now manufactures 70 percent of all drumsticks purchased worldwide. Vic Firth “was the Larry Byrd of that instrument, the timpani, and he was a great person to work for,” said Neil Larrivee, vice president of drumstick and mallet innovation for Zildjian|Vic Firth|Balter. A drummer himself, Larrivee “started working for Vic in 1986” in Boston “and thought I was going to be there for three months.” He has worked for the company ever since.
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