Zinsmeister, Oliver “Ollie”
(*1911)
ZINSMEISTER, OLIVER “OLLIE” (22 Jul 1911, Rochester, New York). Percussionist with the U.S. Marine Band (Washington, D.C., ca. 1935–55), Oliver Zinsmeister attended the Eastman School of Music, where he was the first percussion student, studying with William Street and performing in the Rochester Philharmonic. [Some of his colleagues in the U.S. Marine Band (ca. 1936) included Charles Owen , Charles Viner , and John Auer .] He later worked in studios, featuring his xylophone talents on radio…