Firth, Vic

found: His Suite for four timpani, four RotoToms, and drum set, c1983:t.p. (Vic Firth) notes (age 21 in 1952)

found: Saint-Saëns, C. Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 [SR] p1987:container (Everett Firth, timpani)

found: Electronic communication from Patrick H. Maxfield, Head of Technical Services, New England Conservatory Libraries, July 17, 2001(Everett "Vic" Firth is timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music)

found: Boston Symphony Orchestra WWW homepage, http://www.bso.org, July 18, 2001:search "Firth" (Everett Firth, timpani; joined BSO in 1952 at age of 21; founder and president of Vic Firth Inc.)

found: New York times WWW site, viewed July 29, 2015(in obituary published July 28: Vic Firth; b. Everett Joseph Firth, June 2, 1930, Winchester, Mass.; reared in Sanford, Me.; d. Sunday [July 26, 2015], Boston, aged 85; joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1952; named principal tympanist in 1956; retired in 2002; also served as head of the percussion department of the New England Conservatory of Music for more than 40 years; drumstick manufacturer; founded Vic Firth Inc. in 1963; the company was acquired by the Avedis Zildjian Company in 2010 and has been known since then as the Vic Firth Company)