The Starr Piano Company; based in Richmond; Indiana; quickly became one of the largest piano manufacturers in the United States during the 19th century. In 1915; the Starr Piano Company opened a recording division; Gennett Records; that led to a dynamic change in the music industry and American culture. Gennett embraced the vastly under-recorded genres of jazz; blues; and country music in the 1920s. They recorded artists who were groundbreakers and innovators in both popular and vernacular music; including Louis Armstrong; Charley Patton; Gene Autry; Hoagy Carmichael; Blind Lemon Jefferson; Uncle Dave Macon; and Jelly Roll Morton; often for the first time. The company; like many others; suffered a steep decline in the sale of their pianos and records due to the Great Depression; but the music recorded at Gennett continues to reach new generations and influence musicians as they discover it on reissues and streaming media services.
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