Admira

Akai

Keywords: manufacturers electronic keyboard

Barcus-Berry

Manufacturer of pickups for all instruments.

Keywords: manufacturers pickups supplies electronic

Bartolini Pickups

Maker of pickups for guitar and bass.

Keywords: manufacturer pickups guitar bass electronic

Black Diamond Strings

Manufacturer of strings for fretted instruments and violins.

Keywords: strings manufacturer guitar supplies

Black Mountain Instruments

Manufacturer of mountain dulcimers, including electrics, kits.

Keywords: manufacturers string appalachian dulcimer kits making

Boosey & Hawkes

Manufacturer and distributor of high quality musical instruments and accessories, including Besson brass, Buffet woodwinds and Höfner guitars and basses.

Keywords: manufacturers guitar winds

C. F. Martin Co.

Manufacturers of acoustic guitars, mandolins, ukuleles.

Keywords: manufacturers guitar mandolin acoustic

Clevinger

Manufacturers of solid body stand up basses and bass pickups.

Keywords: manufacturers strings electric bass pickups

Eastman Guitars

Hand carved archtop guitars made in China in the tradition of violin making.

Keywords: strings guitar manufacturer

Eastman Strings

Manufacturers and distributors of better quality Asian and European made violin family instruments. Wholesale only. Ask for local dealers.

Keywords: strings manufacturers dealers violin

Ethnic Musical Instrument Company

Ancient ethnic instruments from India, Africa and the Middle East.

Keywords: manufacturers dealers percussion ethnic

Fender

Guitars, basses, parts, and accessories. A dealer locator and internal search are also provided.

Keywords: manufacturers electric guitars

Flute and Sax Serial Numbers

Also clarinet numbers. From Dr. Rick's Village Flute and Sax Shop (New York).

Keywords: reference serial woodwind manufacturers flute saxophone

Flute Manufacturers Index

An extensive list of manufacturers with links to websites of those that have them.

Keywords: reference woodwind flute manufacturers

Gibson

Manufacturers of guitars, banjos, mandolins, dobros and other musical hardware.

Keywords: manufacturers guitar banjo mandolin electric

Gliga Violins USA

Specializing in fine Romanian Violins/Fiddles, Violas, Cellos, Double-Basses and accessories, available in different quality levels, and from child to adult sizes.

Keywords: dealers manufacturers violin

Guild Guitars

Manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars and basses.

Keywords: manufacturers guitar bass electric acoustic

Harmony Central

A massive information resource for popular music instruments and equipment. Especially useful is the huge database of user reviews of guitars and other instruments, both modern and vintage.

Keywords: reference guitars keyboards dealers manufacturers

Kurzweil Music Systems

Electronic musical instruments by one of the more innovative and visionary companies, now owned by Young Chang.

Keywords: manufacturers keyboard electronic

L.R. Baggs Co.

Manufacturer of pickups for guitar, double bass, cello and others.

Keywords: manufacturers pickups string supplies electronic

Leblanc Online

Woodwind instruments (Kenosha, WI)

Keywords: manufacturers wind woodwind

Mid East Manufacturing

Manufacturers and importers of exotic musical instruments. Their cast ceramic doumbeks are best known. They also supply harps, sitars and other Indian ethnic instruments, Scottish bagpipes, African style percussion and many other items. Most instruments are factory made in Pakistan and China and are not first quality, but some, are perfectly usable.

Keywords: dealers manufacturers ethnic bagpipes drums percussion

 

           Moog Music

Theremins and other electronic instruments from synth pioneer Robert Moog. Keywords: manufacturer moog electronic theremin

Music Group

Manufacturers of Besson, Buffet Crampon, Hofner, Keilwerth, Paesold, Rico, and W. Schreiber instruments and accessories.

Keywords: manufacturers

Music Group - Serial Numbers

Serial numbers for Schreiber, Keilwerth, Buffet Crampon, Boosey & Co., Hawkes & Son, and Boosey & Hawkes/Besson.

Keywords: manufacturers serial reference

Music Trades

Print magazine published continuously since 1890 for instrument manufacturers and retailers. Subscription includes an annual buyers guide that is a fairly comprehensive directory of instrument manufacturers and wholesalers. This resource alone is well worth the modest subscription cost.

Keywords: reference sigs periodicals manufacturers dealers

NAMM - International Music Products Association

Industry association for music manufacturers and retailers.

Keywords: makers manufacturers sigs dealers

Salvation Army Instrument Factory

A short history by Will Scarlett of the company which operated in England from 1889 to 1972.

Keywords: brass manufacturers

Selmer Company

Maker of the Vincent Bach line of brass instruments, including Bach Stradivarius trumpets and trombones.

Keywords: manufacturers brass wind

Steinway & Sons

The great American piano company continues to create masterpieces of the art.

Keywords: manufacturers piano keyboard

UMI

Distributor of the Conn and King brands of brass instruments.

Keywords: manufacturers wind brass

United Musical Instruments, USA, Inc.

Maker of Armstrong and Artley flutes, piccolos and clarinets and other woodwinds.

Keywords: manufacturers wind flute

Yamaha

(Buena Park, CA) Yamaha has been a leader in the production of both traditional and innovative new (mostly electronic) musical instruments for many years.

Keywords: manufacturers keyboard electronic piano wind string

 

Michel Waisvisz

Makes gestural virtual reality controllers for electronic music making.

Keywords: makers electronic experimental

 

NAMM - International Music Products Association

Industry association for music manufacturers and retailers.

Keywords: makers manufacturers sigs dealers

 

Nyckelharpa Bjorn Bjorn

Maker and player of the Swedish bowed keyboard instrument

Keywords: makers nyckelharpa ethnic string

 

R.E. Bruné

Maker of classical guitars, lutes and harpsichords.

Keywords: makers lute harpsichord guitar

 

Recorder Makers & Retailers

Nicholas S. Lander's extensive searchable databases of recorder makers and dealers worldwide.

Keywords: makers dealers recorder

 

Richard Waters

Inventor of the Waterphone and other unusual acoustic instruments in stainless steel and bronze or bamboo which utilize water. He has sold his Waterphone business to Joel Shellhase at: http://www.waterphone.com

Keywords: makers experimental acoustic

 

Sarawak Sape (stringed instrument of Borneo)

The Sape or Sapeh is an ornately decorated stringed instrument from Borneo. You can buy direct from the makers. Several models including a hybrid sapeh/ukulele.

Keywords: sapeh strings makers ethnic Borneo

 

Sorli Lautenwerke and Harpsichords

The workshop of Steven Sorli, maker of Lautenwerke (gut-strung harpsichords) and other interesting historical hybrid keyboards in Amherst, Massachussetts. Site includes Includes educational information, photos, audio-clips, prices, links and more.

Keywords: harpsichord makers historical keyboards

 

Sources for Renaissance Woodwinds

A short list compiled by Grant D. Green

Keywords: makers dealers early wind

 

Thanh Cam Musical Instrument Workshop (Vietnam)

Makers of traditional Vietnamese instruments, guitars and violins.

Keywords: violin makers ethnic

 

Tom Anderson Guitarworks

Small company making electric guitars and pickups.

Keywords: makers guitar pickup

 

Triplett Harps

(San Luis Obispo, CA) Makers of folk harps

Keywords: makers folk harp

 

Violin Making

A nice tour of the process of violin making from luthier Hans Johannsson.

Keywords: making makers violin

 

Violin Society of America

VSA is a non-profit organization created for the purpose of promoting the art and science of making, repairing and preserving stringed musical instruments and their bows. In addition to a Journal and workshops, VSA also sponsors prestigious international competitions of contemporary violin and bow makers.VSA awards are considered a distinctive measure of a maker's quality.

Keywords: violin bow makers sigs

 

Von Huene Workshop

(Brookline, MA) Makers and dealers in early winds, especially quality recorders.

Keywords: makers dealers early recorder gamba wind

 

Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Musical Instrument Makers and Dealers, and Instrument Making

An excellent list compiled by Indiana University School of Music.

Keywords: makers making dealers reference

 

Zuckermann Harpsichords International

(Stonington, CT) Instruments and kits by an established and reputable workshop.

Keywords: makers dealers keyboard early harpsichord clavichord