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50 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1974</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Robert Godin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Steel-string_acoustic_guitar" title="Steel-string acoustic guitar">Acoustic guitars</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt Inc.</a> (1899-1939)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony Company</a> (1939-1974)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stella</b> was an American <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a> <a href="/wiki/Brand" title="Brand">brand</a> owned by the <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt Company</a>. It was founded around 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Stella brand consists of low and mid-level stringed instruments. </p><p>Stella guitars were played by notable artists, including <a href="/wiki/Robert_Johnson" title="Robert Johnson">Robert Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lead_Belly" title="Lead Belly">Lead Belly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charley_Patton" title="Charley Patton">Charley Patton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson" title="Doc Watson">Doc Watson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who learned to play on one.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Other Schmidt brands included "Sovereign" and "La Scala". The company produced low and mid-level stringed instruments such as guitars, <a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">mandolins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Autoharp" title="Autoharp">autoharps</a>. </p><p>The company thrived during the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1920, the company was said to be the world's largest manufacturer of stringed instruments. Stella instruments were noted for their good tone and relatively low price. Top-of-the-line Stella and Sovereign guitars cost a fraction of the lowest-end <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Guitar_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibson Guitar Corporation">Gibson</a> or <a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">C. F. 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href="/wiki/Tagima" title="Tagima">Tagima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Guitars" title="Taylor Guitars">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_Gakki" title="Tōkai Gakki">Tokai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Anderson_Guitarworks" title="Tom Anderson Guitarworks">Tom Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonante" title="Tonante">Tonante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valco" title="Valco">Valco</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li>Vester <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vintage_Guitars" title="Vintage Guitars">Vintage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washburn_Guitars" title="Washburn Guitars">Washburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield_(guitars)" title="Westfield (guitars)">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamaha_Corporation" title="Yamaha Corporation">Yamaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zemaitis_Guitars" title="Zemaitis Guitars">Zemaitis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other strings<br /> instruments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">Banjos</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deering_Banjo_Company" title="Deering Banjo Company">Deering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Vecchio_(guitar_maker)" title="Del Vecchio (guitar maker)">Del Vecchio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recording_King" title="Recording King">Recording King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonante" title="Tonante">Tonante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymann_guitars" title="Weymann guitars">Weymann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">Basses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alembic_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Alembic Inc">Alembic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoria" title="Antoria">Antoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blade_Guitars" title="Blade Guitars">Blade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cort_Guitars" title="Cort Guitars">Cort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Rock_Girl_Guitars" title="Daisy Rock Girl Guitars">Daisy Rock Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Angelico_Guitars" title="D'Angelico Guitars">D'Angelico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danelectro" title="Danelectro">Danelectro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duesenberg_Guitars" title="Duesenberg Guitars">Duesenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Guitars" title="Eastwood Guitars">Eastwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farida_Guitars" title="Farida Guitars">Farida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fender_(company)" title="Fender (company)">Fender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%26L_Musical_Instruments" title="G&L Musical Instruments">G&L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyatone" title="Guyatone">Guyatone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6fner" title="Höfner">Höfner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italia_Guitars" title="Italia Guitars">Italia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jolana_(guitar_brand)" title="Jolana (guitar brand)">Jolana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Tobias_Design" title="Michael Tobias Design">Michael Tobias</a> ‎</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modulus_Guitars" title="Modulus Guitars">Modulus Graphite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Man_(company)" title="Music Man (company)">Music Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Guitars" title="Parker Guitars">Parker</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PRS_Guitars" title="PRS Guitars">PRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Musical_Instruments" title="Reverend Musical Instruments">Reverend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadowsky" title="Sadowsky">Sadowsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schecter_Guitar_Research" title="Schecter Guitar Research">Schecter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shergold" title="Shergold">Shergold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Guitars" title="Sigma Guitars">Sigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvertone_(brand)" title="Silvertone (brand)">Silvertone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steinberger" title="Steinberger">Steinberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supro" title="Supro">Supro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Guitars" title="Tacoma Guitars">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagima" title="Tagima">Tagima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Guitars" title="Tanglewood Guitars">Tanglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobias_(bass_guitar_company)" title="Tobias (bass guitar company)">Tobias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_Gakki" title="Tōkai Gakki">Tokai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigier_Guitars" title="Vigier Guitars">Vigier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield_(guitars)" title="Westfield (guitars)">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westone_(guitars)" title="Westone (guitars)">Westone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zon_Guitars" title="Zon Guitars">Zon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Harp_guitar" title="Harp guitar">Harp guitars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">Lutes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Levin_(guitar_company)" title="Levin (guitar company)">Levin</a> <small>(†)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">Mandolins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beltona_Resonator_Instruments" title="Beltona Resonator Instruments">Beltona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breedlove_Guitars" title="Breedlove Guitars">Breedlove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collings_Guitars" title="Collings Guitars">Collings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Vecchio_(guitar_maker)" title="Del Vecchio (guitar maker)">Del Vecchio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giannini_(guitar_company)" title="Giannini (guitar company)">Giannini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hora_(company)" title="Hora (company)">Hora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levin_(guitar_company)" title="Levin (guitar company)">Levin</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kelly_Guitars" title="Michael Kelly Guitars">Michael Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_String_Instrument_Corporation" title="National String Instrument Corporation">National</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reso-Phonic_Guitars" title="National Reso-Phonic Guitars">National Reso-Phonic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regal_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Regal Musical Instrument Company">Regal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seagull_(company)" title="Seagull (company)">Seagull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Guitars" title="Tacoma Guitars">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Guitars" title="Tanglewood Guitars">Tanglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymann_guitars" title="Weymann guitars">Weymann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tenor_guitar" title="Tenor guitar">Tenor guitars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gretsch" title="Gretsch">Gretsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guild_Guitar_Company" title="Guild Guitar Company">Guild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Kay Musical Instrument Company">Kay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reso-Phonic_Guitars" title="National Reso-Phonic Guitars">National Reso-Phonic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ukulele" title="Ukulele">Ukuleles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aria_(guitar_company)" title="Aria (guitar company)">Aria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltona_Resonator_Instruments" title="Beltona Resonator Instruments">Beltona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackbird_Guitars" title="Blackbird Guitars">Blackbird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breedlove_Guitars" title="Breedlove Guitars">Breedlove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Angelico_Guitars" title="D'Angelico Guitars">D'Angelico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Rock_Girl_Guitars" title="Daisy Rock Girl Guitars">Daisy Rock Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshman_Guitars" title="Freshman Guitars">Freshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6fner" title="Höfner">Höfner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hora_(company)" title="Hora (company)">Hora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichty_Guitars" title="Lichty Guitars">Lichty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_Guitars" title="Luna Guitars">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. 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