Nick Manoloff

Nick Manoloff (1898-1969) was a manufacturer of steels/tone bars for stringed instruments to use for the method of steel guitar, an arranger and author of instrument method books and sheet music, and a distributor of musical supplies and publications.

These slides were 2.75" in length, 0.75" in diameter, round on the tip end and flat on the other with inscription, "Nick Manoloff Pat.

He made slides of several styles and sizes of metal, usually of high polished chrome, with the inscription of his name "NICK MANOLOFF".

An example was the method book Nick Manoloff's Complete Chord and Harmony Manual for the Guitar.

They largely specialized in Hawaiian, folk and cowboy songs, Russian music, and standards.