Starr Gennett (Canada) / 1920
Corporate background:
While the parent company, Indiana-based
Starr Piano, changed its label name to Gennett in 1917, the
Canadian subsidiary kept the name of Starr.
Sold in the early 20s to Compo (owned by
Herbert Berliner, son of industry pioneer Emile Berliner), it
would last into the 1940s.
Design: Featuring
a distinctive hexagonal format, with curvilinear ornament
filling the outer spaces.
The curlicued Gothic lettering for the
label name follows an arc shape but retains verticality, not
being splayed outward, as with the Sterno label.
