Steinway Musical Instruments C.G. Conn Pan-American Scherl & Roth Ohio Band Instrument Co. Kanstul F.A. Reynolds F.E. Olds Richards Music Corp. Gulf Musical Instruments Joseph Lidl Brno Boston Musical Instrument Graves & Sons E.G. Wright & Co. J.L. Allen Carl Fischer Thompson & Odell Vega / Standard Schilke Willson Alexander Woodwind & Brasswind Music & Arts Inc. Guitar Center Musicians Friend Giardinelli Miraphone V.F. Cerveny Amati Grand Rapids/USA Brand J. W. York Schreiber & Keilwerth Buffet Boosey & Hawkes Hawkes & Son Boosey & Co Distin Rudall, Carte Besson (English Besson) Fontaine-Besson (French Besson) Gatrot/ Couesnon Triebert Salvationist Publishing Anton Holly, Pilsn Antoine Courtois B&S TA Musik / JK Musik Meinl-Weston Johann Carl Kodisch Adolphe Sax & Co. Manufacturer Founder * = Bankrupcy filing Zildjian Cymbals Vic Firth Co. (Drumsticks) Sankyo Flutes Stephanhouser Trevor James & Co Roy Seaman Piccolos Gemeinhard Flutes Gemstone Musical Instr's Angel Industries Couturier Lyon & Healy Kaman Music Corp. Columbia Broadcasting System C. Bruno & Sons Fender Musical Instruments Rogers Drums Steinway Heckel Bassoons Fox-Renard F. Loree Paris Lawler Trumpets Monette Trumpets S.E. Shires & Co, ZeuS Trumpets Sterling Brass Hirsbrunner Mollenhauer Mapex Drums Jupiter Majestic Percussion Haynes Flutes Eastman Music Co. Yamaha Gibson Musical Instruments Slingerland Drum Company Remo Drums Premier Percussion Yanagisawa Saxaphones DEG Music Products Allied Music Edwards Trombones Getzen Muramatsu Flutes Clair Godfroy Claude Lorent Hoxon Gakki Co./Carol Brass Blackburn Trumpets Sonare Powell Flutes Blessing Buescher Elkhart Band Instruments Martin Holton Leblanc Paris Leblanc USA Armstrong Flutes United Musical Instruments H.F. Meyer Badger Artley Vincent Bach Bundy H & A Selmer Selmer Paris Francois Millereau WFL Drum Company Musser Marimba Company Ludwig & Ludwig Lyon Band Instruments Benge King (H.N. White) Cleveland Auguste G. Guichard Ets. D. Noblet Vito Pascucci William Teasdale Armstrong Dan Henkin H.F. Meyer A.G. Badger Donald Artley Vincent Schrottenbach George Bundy/Selmer family Alexander Selmer Henri Selmer Francois Millereau William F. Ludwig Clair Omar Musser William and Theobaldner Ludwig Wm & Howard Lyons, Cl. McCreedy Elden Benge Henderson White Charles Gerhard Conn Carl Greenleaf Ernst Heinrich Roth II Scherl&Roth and F.A. Reynolds Zigmant Kanstul Foster Reynolds Frank Ellsworth Olds Paul Richards Mark Hu Joseph Lidl Merger of Graves into Wright Samuel Graves Elbridge Gustave Wright Joseph Lathrup Allen Carl Fischer I.H.O'Dell & C.W. Thompson David Hall Renold Schilke Willy Kurath Franz Abrose Alexander Wayne Mitchell Rob & DeAnna Eastman Robert Giardinelli Exiles from Graslitz Bohemia Vaclav F. Cerveny Melchoir Lorenz James Warren York James Warren York Denis Buffet-Auger Merger of Boosey & Hawkes William Henry Hawkes Thomas Boosey Henri Distin Gustave Auguste Besson Gustave Auguste Besson Charles Triebert Salvation Army Anton Holy Father of Antoine Courtois Deutsche Democratische Republic A. Meinl & Triumph-Adler Wenzel Meinl Johann Carl Kodisch Adolphe Sax Avedis Zildjian Victor Firth Kikuo Hisakura & Hideo Takei Dane Scott Stephens Trevor James Roy Seaman Kurt Gemeinhardt F. Yang William Seidel / Ernst Couturier Geo. W. Lyon & Patrick J. Healy Charles Kaman William S. Paley Leo Fender Joeseph Rogers Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg Johann Adam Heckel Hugo Fox Francois Loree Roy Lawler David Monette Steve Shires Alex at Zachary Music Christian Hirsbrunner Conrad Mollenhauer KHS Tsu-Cheng Hsieh Willem Klazes van der Glas Williams S. Haynes Qian Ni Torakusu Yamaha Orville Gibson Henry Heanon Remo D. Belli Al.D. Porta & George Smith Tokutaro Yanagisawa Donald E. Getzen Robert Getzen Edward Getzen Anthony James TJ Getzen Koichi Muramatsu Clair Godfroy Claude Lorent Cliff Blackburn Steven Wasser/Powell Flutes Verne Q. Powell Emil Karl Blessing Ferdinand Gus Buescher A.H. Beardslee and Carl Greenleaf John Henry Martin Frank Holton Paul Riggett Avedis Zildjian 1623 1650 JCK 1675 1700 1725 Noblet 1750 Graslitz crafted 1760 Hirsbrunner (woodwinds) 1770 1780 1781 Alexander 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 Courtois 1789 1790 1791 Boosey & Co. Booksellers 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 [Brass instruments] 1800 1801 1802 Antoine Courtois 1803 1804 1805 Claude Lorent 1806 1807 1808 BAND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING & RETAIL COMPANIES 1809 Triebert W. Meinl 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 Boosey & Co. Publishers 1816 1817 Godfroy 1818 1819 1820 1821 Mollenhauer 1822 Graves & Sons Manufacturing 1823 1824 Buffet Woodwinds 1825 1826 Guichard 1827 1828 1829 1830 Heckel 1831 A.G. Badger 1832 1833 C. Bruno & Sons 1834 Steinway 1835 Buffet-Crampon (Married Zoe Crampon) 1836 G.A. Besson 1837 Rudall & Rose Adolphe Sax & Co, Joseph L. Allen 1838 1839 1840 E.G. Wright and Co. 1841 1842 1843 1844 V.F. Cerveny Gautrot 1845 1846 1847 Firm of H.F. Meyer, Hannover 1848 Distin & Co. Rogers Drums 1849 1850 [Woodwinds] 1851 Allen & Richardson Rudall, Carte & Co. [Wylde flutes] 1852 Badger & Monzanni 1858/9 1853 1854 * 1855 Adolph Sax & Co, 1856 1857 [Brass Instruments] Allen & Co. 1858 1859 AG Badger & Co. 1860 Francois Millereau Allen & Hall 1861 D.Hall Band instr. 1862 1863 Anton Holly, Pilsn Lyon & Healy 1864 Hawkes & Son Martin Band Instrument Company JL Allen&Co. 1865 Quinby & Hall B.I. 1866 1867 [Brass Instruments 1868-2001] 1868 Fr. Loree last foreman at bankrupt Triebert firm Boston Musical Instrument Manufactury Allen & Fisher 1869 HQW 1870 1871 Destroyed in 1871 Chicago fire Carl Fischer Music Hall & Quinby 1872 Roth Company established in Germany Thompson & Odell * 1873 [Strings] 1874 1875 Distin NY Conn&Dupont Quinby Brothers 1876 1877 1878 1879 C.G. Conn Ltd. * 1880 Triebert Brandname (Couesnon) F. Loree Paris end date uncertain 1881 Distin PA 1882 Smith&York York & Son Couesnon 1883 Standard Band Instrument Company (Thompson & Odell) 1884 Henri Distin Manufacturing Henri Selmer Paris 1885 York&Holton 1886 T. Yamaha Reed Organs 1887 William S. Haynes Flutes 1888 Salvation Army [First Harp] 1889 Fontaine-Besson 1890 1891 (Company shuts down sometime before Allen's 1905 death) 1892 Yanagisawa Wind Instrument Company H.N. White 1893 Besson Buescher Manufacturing Co. 1894 Joseph Lidl Brno 1895 [Band Instrument Division 1896 - 1929] 1896 Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd 1897 Frank Holton & Co. 1898 J.W. York & Sons 1899 [Carl Fischer buys Thompson & Odell Publishing] 1900 1901 Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing 1902 Boston Musical Instrument Company * 1903 Buescher Band Instrument Company Martin Band Instrument Company Leblanc (inherited by George Leblanc) Joseph Lidl Brno, Moravia 1904 H & A Selmer Stores * 1905 Emil Karl Blessing Co. 1906 [First brass instruments] 1907 1908 Brua C. Keefer Manufacturing Vega Standard Band Instruments Division (Vega Company (banjo maker)) 1909 1910 (Cundy-Bettony) 1911 Slingerland Drums Martin Band Instrument Company (Francis Compton) F.E. Olds 1912 Grand Rapids Band Instrument Company 1913 Seidel Band Inst. * 1914 Ludwig & Ludwig C.G. Conn (Carl Greenleaf) 1915 Buescher Band Instrument Company (controlled by A.H. Beardslee) 1916 Pan American 1917 E.A. Couturier Bach Mouthpieces [George Bundy assumes mgt] 1918 Cleveland Musical Instrument Co. 1919 F.E. Olds & Son 1920 Van der Glas B.V. Scherl & Roth US 1921 Premier Drum Company Vincent Bach Corp York Grand Rapids 1922 Muramatsu Flutes Elkhart B.I.C. H.C.MartinBandInstr.Co. Elkhart Band Inst. * 1923 Couturier (Lyon & Healy) 1924 Kielwerth 1925 1926 Columbia Broadcasting System Powell Flutes [George Bundy buys H&A Selmer] (Cleveland brand of H.N. White student-line instruments) Leedy 1927 Indiana Band Instrument Company Lyon Band Instruments 1928 Name Idled 1929 Wan Wu Donald Artley Ludwig Percussion (C.G. Conn) Boosey & Hawkes 1930 Armstrong 1931 [Band instruments phased out] (Selmer Paris Trumpets) -------Concurrent Y.B.I.C.---------- Besson (Strasser Margaux & Lemaire) 1932 1933 1934 1935 E.K Blessing B.I.C. Elkhart Band Instruments line of Buescher F.A. Reynolds 1936 WF Ludwig Drums Pan American line by C.G. Conn 1937 Fender Radio Service 1938 Getzen Benge Trumpets 1939 (Henri Selmer vanishes) Ohio Band Instrument Company (Vega returned to Banjo/Guitar business exclusively) 1940 1941 E.K. Blessing Co. 1942 1943 K&F Mfg. Gibson Guitars (Chicago Musical Instruments / Norlin) Founded between 1945 & 50 1944 Conrad Mollenhaur GmbH Kung Hsue She GDR National Instrument Manufacturing Cooperative (nationalized many old firms after WWII) 1945 Willhelm Heckel GmbH Leblanc Henri Selmer Paris F.A. Reynolds (Scherl & Roth) 1946 Fender Electric Instrument Company (Leo Fender) F.E. Olds & Son (Chicago Musical Instruments) Miraphone 1947 Gemeinhardt Company Joseph Lidl Brno (nationalized by Czech government) Merged into Amati-Kraslice Czech national Cooperative Merged into Amati-Kraslice Czech national Cooperative Merged into Amati-Kraslice Czech national Cooperative Besson (Boosey & Hawkes) 1948 Fox Bassoons Bundy Student Line 1949 Musser Marimba Willson 1950 1951 Music & Arts 1952 Rogers Drums (Henry Grossman) D & J Artley 1953 1954 [Yamaha Motor est.] [Nikkon brass instrument plant sold to Yamaha] 1955 Musser div. (Lyon Band Instr.) Schilke Music Products Became B&H brand 1956 [First band instruments] Remo Drums Besson (Couesnon) 1957 Artley Inc. 1958 Allied Music (Robert Getzen) Organ Center 1959 [Yamaha N.A. est.] Getzen (Harold M. Knowltom) 1960 (R.M.C.) (R.M.C.) (R.M.C.) (R.M.C.) (R.M.C.) Richards Music Corporation 1961 Vincent Bach (Selmer) [Bundy Trumpets