Scherl & Roth

Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass was a pioneering woman in the music products industry. As a music educator she first connected with the industry when hired by Scherl & Roth in 1970 to head up their efforts to promote their string products by creating string orchestras in the public school system. She created schools in Oklahoma and Kansas and went on to write the book on how to create such programs, which was published by Kjos Music. She later wrote the Strictly Strings series for Alfred Publishing and among many other roles was the editor of the American String Teachers magazine.

Fritz Tasch was born in Kecskemét, Hungary and apprenticed in a violin making school in Mittenwald, Germany. He learned the trade of first building violins, violas, cellos and other historic instruments. He worked in Italy, Germany and Switzerland before immigrating to the United States in 1965 with five dollars in his pocket. During the day he worked at Scherl & Roth (Mr. Roth was his sponsor and helped Fritz with his green card) and by night he repaired instruments and bows for members of the Cleveland orchestra.