Founded in 1974 by John D’Addario, Sr. and his sons John, Jr. and Jim, D’Addario and Company. D’Addario is the world’s largest manufacturer of musical instrument strings, and is a leading manufacturer in of accessories for fretted, bowed, percussion, and woodwind instruments. The family is currently represented by the fourth generation of D’Addarios who have made music strings in the United States, but their string-making roots can be traced back to the 1600s in Salle, Italy.

As the largest string manufacturer in the world, D’Addario strives every day to maximize production and service efficiencies to provide customers with the highest quality product available on the market. In D’Addario, quality, tradition, and customer service converge as one package to become The Player’s Choice in music accessories.