title: A. D. Grover
text: # A. D. Grover
  
  Albert Deane Grover (February 18, 1865 Boston, Massachusetts – October 23, 1927 Manhattan, New York) was an American banjoist, composer, teacher, and prolific inventor of musical parts and accessories for stringed instruments. He was a founding member of the Boston Ideal Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Club. Grover held over 50 patents for musical instrument parts, and founded the musical accessories company A. D. Grover & Son. His father, Stephen Grover (1820–1885), was a Boston piano maker.
  
  In 1952, Grover Musical Products, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, succeeded A.D. Grover & Son.
  
  ## Selected compositions
  
  * Magog Quickstep, composed by Grover, Boston: Thompson & Odell (1887) OCLC 671714696
  * Marguerite Waltz, composed by Grover, Boston: Thompson & Odell (1889) OCLC 671715101
  
  ## Other publications
  
  * Grover's Progressive Method for the Banjo, Boston: Thompson & Odell Company (1892) OCLC 635451928
  