This table lists some of the major musical instrument manufacturers and their subsidiaries. The world's largerst manufacturer is Yamaha, but nearly all Yamaha products carry the Yamaha brand. Companies are bought and sold rather frequently, so this information may not be entirely current. Many of these companies began as independent specialty manufacturers which have subsequently been absorbed into larger corporations, sometime with little more than their names surviving. When such a merger or acquisition occurs, it is not unusual for detailed records (including serial numbers) to be lost or deeply archived.
| Gibson Guitar Corp. | ||||
| Gibson USA | Electric and acoustic guitars and basses, electronics | |||
| Gibson Custom, Historic, & ES | Electric Guitars/Basses | |||
| Epiphone | Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolins, banjos, Dobros, and basses, electronics | |||
| Kramer | electric and acoustic guitars and basses | |||
| Steinberger | Electric Guitars/Basses | |||
| Tobias | Electric Guitars/Basses | |||
| Valley Arts | Electric Guitars/Basses | |||
| Avante baritone | Acoustic Guitars/Basses | |||
| Gibson Original Instruments | Mandolins, Banjos, Dobros | |||
| Maestro | Mandolins, Banjos, Dobros, band instruments | |||
| Slingerland | drums | |||
| Baldwin | pianos | |||
| Chickering Grands | pianos | |||
| Hamilton | pianos | |||
| Howard Grands | pianos | |||
| Wurlitzer Grands | pianos | |||
| ConcertMaster | player piano systems | |||
| Steinway Musical Instruments | pianos, winds | |||
| Steinway & Sons | pianos | |||
| Boston | pianos | |||
| Essex | pianos | |||
| Conn-Selmer | ||||
| Vincent Bach | brass | |||
| Selmer USA | woodwinds | |||
| C.G. Conn | brass | |||
| King | brass | |||
| Armstrong | woodwinds | |||
| Ludwig | percussion | |||
| Musser | percussion | |||
| Glaesel | strings | |||
| Scherl & Roth | strings | |||
| William Lewis & Son | strings | |||
| Emerson | flutes | |||
| Benge | brass | |||
| Artley | woodwinds | |||
| Leblanc, Inc. | Leblanc | band instruments | ||
| Holton | band instruments | |||
| Noblet | band instruments | |||
| Vito | band instruments | |||
| Selmer (Paris) | brass and woodwinds | |||
| Yanagisawa | saxophones | |||
| Music Group, The (formerly Boosey & Hawkes) | winds | |||
| W. Schreiber | woodwinds | |||
| Julius Keilwerth | woodwinds, esp. saxes | |||
| Buffet-Crampon | woodwinds | |||
| Antoine Courtois Paris | brasses | |||
| Besson | brasses | |||
| Fender Musical Instruments | electric and acoustic guitars and basses | |||
| Squier | electric and acoustic guitars and basses | |||
| Tacoma | acoustic guitars and mandolins | |||
| Gretsch | electric and acoustic guitars (especially archtops) and basses | |||
| Tacoma | Olympia/Orpheum | acoustic guitars, banjos, mandolins, resophonics | ||
| Charvel | electric guitars | |||
| Jackson | electric guitars | |||
| Guild | acoustic and acoustic-electric guitars | |||
| Benedetto | archtop and electric jazz guitars | |||
| Manuel Rodriguez | classical guitars | |||
| Samick | ||||
| Wm. Knabe | pianos | |||
| JP Pramberger | pianos | |||
| Sohmer | pianos | |||
| Kohler & Campbell | pianos | |||
| Samick | pianos | |||
| Symphonia | electric pianos | |||
| Greg Bennet | acoustic guitars | |||
| C. Bechstein | C. Bechstein | pianos | ||
| Zimmermann | pianos | |||
| W. Hoffmann | pianos | |||
| Euterpe | pianos |
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| Kaman Music | ||||
| Ovation | guitars | |||
| Applause (pdf) | guitars | |||
| Adamas | guitars | |||
| Takamine | guitars | |||
| Jasmine | guitars | |||
| Hamer | guitars | |||
| Slammer | guitars | |||
| Toca | percussion (primarily Latin style) | |||
| Gibraltar | percussion | |||
| Gretsch Drums |
percussion | |||
| LP Music (aka Latin Percussion) |
percussion (primarily Latin style) | |||
| LP Rhythmix | student percussion | |||
| Sabian | percussion (cymbals) | |||
| Lee Oskar | ||||
| Becker Instruments | student violins |
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| CB Percussion | student percussion | |||
| Vic Firth | student percussion | |||
Updated 06/27/2008
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