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from: Rose Augustine
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03-05-05
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ROSE AUGUSTINE, DEVELOPED NYLON GUITAR STRINGS, DEAD AT 93 Rose Augustine, the former New York City high school chem- istry teacher who with her late husband developed and man- ufactured the first nylon guitar strings, has died of natural causes in Manhattan. She was 93.
The invention revolutionized classical guitar playing. Aug- ustine and her husbanded founded Augustine Ltd. in 1947. It started in the basement of their home and is now one of the leading makers of classical guitar strings. Stephen Gries- graber, editor of Guitar Review, a quarterly journal founded by Augustine, said, "You ask any classical guitar player anywhere in the world and they know Augustine strings." The company produces about 2 million six-string sets a year.
