Gennett Records

Gennett (pronounced with a soft G) was a United States based record label which flourished in the 1920s. Gennett records was founded in Richmond, Indiana by the Starr Piano Company, and released its first records in October 1917. The company took its name from its top managers: Harry, Fred and Clarence Gennett. Earlier, the company had produced recordings under the Starr Records label. The early issues were vertically cut in the gramophone record grooves, using the hill-and-dale method of a U-shaped groove and sapphire ball stylus, but they switched to the more popular lateral cut method in April 1919. The Starr Piano Company also produced Gennett brand home phonographs, but these did not seem to have been sold in great numbers outside...