In 1947, Robert Giardinelli, a young Italian immigrant, founded Giardinelli as a woodwind and brass repair shop in the heart of New York City. As his reputation grew, so did his ambition. Seeing an opportunity in the marketplace, Mr. Giardinelli began manufacturing his own clarinets, and then his own mouthpieces. Giardinelli garnered success after success, and by 1985 was not only selling a multitude of instruments from his shop, but nationally and internationally via mail order, too! Today, Giardinelli sells everything from brass and woodwinds to virtually every instrument in the orchestra plus all the accessories any musician needs to play his or her best.