Pulling Strings: The Legacy of Melville A. ClarkKaiser explores the extraordinary career of Melville A. Clark (1883 1953), a musician, inventor, entrepreneur, community leader, and collector whose colorful story is largely unknown. Beginning with an account of Clark's musical family, Kaiser chronicles the founding in 1859 of the Clark Music Company, of which Melville Clark became president in 1919. Originally just a tinker's shed, the business ultimately moved into a six story building in the