When Vic Firth was growing up, he took weekly lessons on piano, trumpet, clarinet, trombone and drums —plus music theory. Vic Firth dies at 85; percussionist made drumsticks and mallets for ...

Everett “Vic” Firth, who grew up in Sanford and became known as a pioneer in the music industry for developing high-quality drumsticks and mallets, has died. He was 85.

Everett “Vic” Firth, a longtime timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra who became renowned among drummers of all stripes as a manufacturer of drumsticks, died July 26 at his home in Boston.

Zildjian and its daughter brand Vic Firth Co.’s unparalleled attention to detail have led them to be the stick-makers of choice for The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts, Keith Moon of The Who ...

Vic Firth, percussionist and founder of the Vic Firth Company, has passed away at the age of 85. His company is well known in the music industry for making drumsticks and percussion mallets that ...

Vic Firth was the principal timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 46 years. He became even more widely revered as an entrepreneur who made drumsticks, mallets, brushes and other ...

“I’ve used Vic Firth drumsticks for over 30 years and I actually have two go-to models depending on which artist I’m working with,” he explains to Billboard.. “For Alessia Cara, I tend ...

In 2002, Mr. Firth was producing 100,000 pairs of drumsticks each week out of a factory based in Maine. His company merged with Zildjian, a Norwell-based cymbal and drumsticks company, in 2010.

Mr. Firth founded the Vic Firth Co., which began in 1963 as a basement operation in his home and is now the largest and leading manufacturer of drumsticks and mallets in the world.

Vic Firth, who revolutionised drumsticks and became a household name for generations of percussionists after growing fed up with lacklustre quality, has died at the age of 85, his company says.

Now that Vic Firth Co. has relocated to a new facility within Newport, the famed drumstick and mallet manufacturer’s 1960s-era factory has sold to Waterville-based boat dealer Hamlin's Marine ...