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=== United States === In the early 1900s, there were at least ten companies in the United States manufacturing musical saws.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sawlady.com/DifferentSaws.htm|title=Musical Saw manufacturers|website=Sawlady.com|last = Paruz|first = Natalia|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> These saws ranged from familiar steel varieties to premium, gold-plated saws worth hundreds of dollars. However, with the start of World War II the demand for metals made the manufacture of saws too expensive and many of these companies went out of business. By the year 2000, only three companies in the United States{{snd}}Mussehl & Westphal,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicalsaws.com/|title=The World's Finest Musical Saws β Anyone Can Play β Mussehl & Westphal|website=Musical Saws|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> Charlie Blacklock,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blacklocksaws.com|title=Home β Charlie Blacklock Musical Saws|website=Home β Charlie Blacklock Musical Saws|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> and Wentworth<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicalsaw.com/|title=Singing Saw β Musical Saws For Sale β Easiest Instrument To Learn|website=Musical Saw β Singing Saw|access-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731200324/http://musicalsaw.com/|archive-date=31 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{snd}}were making saws. In 2012, a company called Index Drums started producing a saw that had a built-in [[transducer]] in the handle, called the "JackSaw".<ref>[http://indexdrums.com/jacksaw "The JackSaw" amplified musical saw] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804054223/http://indexdrums.com/jacksaw|date=2013-08-04}}</ref>
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