Mark Dronge R.I.P.

[AcornHouse]

Posted by Lark St. Music just now on FB.

Our regrets on the passing of Mark Simcha Dronge, age 83, of Tenafly, New Jersey who passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Mark spent his early days working at Guild Guitars, the influential guitar making company started by his father Alfred Dronge. Mark recognized the influence of the folk boom and the Greenwich Village scene of the early 1960s and he became responsible for Artist Relations. He then started DR Strings in 1989. May his family be comforted by his wonderful legacy.

 

[HeyMikey]

Mark Dronge Obituary - Hackensack, NJ

Celebrate the life of Mark Dronge, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Gutterman and Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors.

www.dignitymemorial.com

 

[GuildFS4612CE]

Met him, and his daughter, many times over the years at NAMM in his string booth...very nice man...did not at all look his age...condolences to his family.

 

[jp]

Wow - truly the end of an era. It's also melancholy to see a family business dynasty come to a close. Sadness and condolences.

 

[hearth_man]

Agreed, certainly the end of an era.

 

[twocorgis]

I'm glad I got to meet him at the last LMG. Very nice man. RIP

 

[krysh]

R.I.P.
thanks for all the music stuff!

 

[GGJaguar]

Sad news and indeed the end of an era.

 

[SFIV1967]

R.I.P. Mr. Dronge.

Ralf

 

[chazmo]

OH NO! What a great guy. Many of us met him at Let's Meet Guild and he was wonderful to talk to and sharp as a tack. He had some great Guild stories too; wish he'd written a book!!!

Alas, so it is.... end of another era. RIP, Mark Dronge!!!

 

[walrus]

Sad news and indeed the end of an era.

+1. RIP.

walrus

 

[chazmo]

By the way, as I recall, we all owe the existence of Guild dreadnoughts to Mark Dronge!!!

 

[crank]

RIP Mark.

I enjoyed hearing his Guild days stories at LMG 4.

 

[chazmo]

RIP Mark.

I enjoyed hearing his Guild days stories at LMG 4.

Me too, Marc.

I left a memory on behalf of the Guild community on the funeral director's obituary website.

Mark Dronge Obituary - Hackensack, NJ

Celebrate the life of Mark Dronge, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Gutterman and Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors.

www.dignitymemorial.com

 

[Uke]

Posted by Lark St. Music just now on FB.

Thanks for posting this.

 

[twocorgis]

Me too, Marc.

I left a memory on behalf of the Guild community on the funeral director's obituary website.

Mark Dronge Obituary - Hackensack, NJ

Celebrate the life of Mark Dronge, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Gutterman and Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors.

www.dignitymemorial.com

That was a nice memory you posted Charlie!

 

[davismanLV]

Yes, Charlie, very nice indeed!!

 

[Westerly Wood]

By the way, as I recall, we all owe the existence of Guild dreadnoughts to Mark Dronge!!!

really? please elaborate at your leisure of course...He talked his dad into the shape?

 

[chazmo]

really? please elaborate at your leisure of course...He talked his dad into the shape?

Woody, I may have this wrong, and I'm not sure if we talked directly with Mark about this at LMGIV or I got it from other anecdotal discussions we've had here... I think it was Mark (not Al) who championed the dreadnought shape at Guild and brought them to light. If you look at the huge success of Guild's dreads... well, it's a near certainty that there would be no Guild today if that hadn't happened.

 

[mavuser]

Thanks for posting this, and condolences to all that knew him.

I thought he was a little younger, for sure. young at heart!! RIP