When Vic Firth was growing up, he took weekly lessons on piano, trumpet, clarinet, trombone and drums —plus music theory. Only the drums — and the drumsticks — stuck. Firth, who for 50 years ...

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.

"It was closer to what we wanted to do with our lives," Cross says, "to prep sticks rather than work in the cafeteria!" The Vic Firth factory is located in Newport, Maine, and claims an output of ...

Vic Firth Co., a manufacturer of music drumsticks, mallets and percussion accessories that has been operating at 77 High St. in Newport since 1963, has relocated to 34 Progress Park in Newport ...

The drumsticks are cylindrical with one rounded end and one tapered end with a small bulbous tip. Stamped labels in black read "VIC / FIRTH" and "AMERICAN CLASSIC 5A / USA". One of the sticks is ...