Today is Friday, Oct. 1 and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Zinnia Restaurant: Zinnia, new tavern and garden restaurant in Silver Spring, opens for diners today. The restaurant is located in the long time Mrs. K’s Toll House, which did not reopen after Maryland’s state of emergency ordered businesses closed […]
Washington City Paper Nagoya Guitars: A Piece of D.C. Music History Fifty years later, the Nagoya guitars sold by Veneman Music are still prized, sought after, and played.
Credit: Darrow Montgomery
Three months into quarantine, I got my father’s old guitar down from the attic. After I cleaned and polished it and put on new strings, I was impressed: The dusty wood transformed into a sleek brown and tan instrument that looked very similar to Martin’s classic acoustic dreadnought guitars. When I strummed, it had a full, rich, melodic tone. But the guitar manufacturer’s name stamped on the inside of the body the Nagoya Guitar Company was unfamiliar.