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Parent company
  
Starr Piano Company

Status
  
Defunct

Country of origin
  
U.S.

Date founded
  
1915

Founder
  
Starr Piano Company

Genre
  
Jazz

Location
  
Richmond, Indiana

Defunct
  
1917

Starr Records

Starr Records was a record label founded by the Starr Piano Company of Richmond, Indiana. Gennett Records was also owned by Starr Piano.

Starr's first discs were vertical-cut records in the mid 1910s based on Edison Records standard found in the Edison Disc Record. They were discontinued in 1917. The Starr label was continued through much of the 1920s in Canada, pressed and distributed by Compo Company Ltd., mostly issuing sides that were released in the U.S. on Gennett.

An unrelated Starr Records made records in Australia which were sold in the Coles chain.

References

Starr Records Wikipedia