page_title: Arling Shaeffer
hierarchical_section_title: Arling Shaeffer
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover of the book Elite Mandolin Instructor by Arling Shaeffer.
context_page_description: Arling Shaeffer was an American composer and arranger.
  Shaeffer was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1859. He was also a musician known for his mastery of fretted instruments such as the guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and banjo. He wrote a mandolin method book, Elite Mandolin Instructor, published by Lyon and Healy in 1891, and a guitar method book, the Elite Guitar Instructor, published in 1895.
  Shaeffer died in Marinette, Wisconsin on February 21, 1943 and was buried in Fond du Lac.
context_section_description: Arling Shaeffer (1859 – February 21, 1943) was an American composer and arranger.
  Shaeffer was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1859. He was also a musician known for his mastery of fretted instruments such as the guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and banjo. He wrote a mandolin method book, Elite Mandolin Instructor, published by Lyon and Healy in 1891, and a guitar method book, the Elite Guitar Instructor, published in 1895.
  Shaeffer died in Marinette, Wisconsin on February 21, 1943 and was buried in Fond du Lac.
caption: The book Elite Mandolin Instructor by Arling Shaeffer, published by Lyon and Healy, Chicago, 1891.
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