Drumstick manufacturer Vic Firth Co.’s former factory, at 77 High St. in Newport, sold at auction last week to Waterville boat dealer Hamlin’s Marine. Vic Firth relocated to a new factory across town.
Everett “Vic” Firth, the celebrated principal timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1956 to 2002 who also started a successful percussion equipment company, died on Sunday in his Boston home ...
BOSTON — Everett “Vic” Firth, a longtime timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra who launched a successful drumstick company bearing his name, has died at 85. Firth, who died Sunday of pancreatic ...
Everett “Vic” Firth has died at the age of 85. He is known for founding the Vic Firth Company, which provides drum sticks and mallets to some of your favorite drummers. [Photo via Wikimedia Commons] ...