Makers

Steinway & Sons

German-American company

Models: 14 · Sources: 2

Steinway & Sons is a maker of grand and upright pianos founded in New York in 1853 by Heinrich Steinweg, with a second factory in Hamburg, and is widely regarded for its concert grand pianos.

Hohner

German harmonica and accordion maker

Models: 15 · Sources: 4

Hohner is a German musical-instrument maker founded in Trossingen in 1857, especially associated with harmonicas and accordions.

Waldorf

German synthesizer maker

Models: 6 · Categories: 1

Waldorf is a German synthesizer maker founded in 1988, known for wavetable synthesizers such as the Microwave and the Blofeld.

Warwick

German bass guitar manufacturer

Models: 6 · Categories: 1

Warwick is a German maker of bass guitars founded in 1982, known for high-end electric basses built with distinctive hardwoods and active electronics.

Hofner

German instrument maker

Models: 6 · Categories: 1

Hofner is a German maker of stringed and other instruments founded in 1887, best known for the violin-shaped 'Beatle bass' and a range of archtop and acoustic guitars.

Meinl Cymbals

German cymbal brand

Models: 5 · Sources: 2

Meinl Cymbals is a German cymbal brand producing Byzance, Classics Custom, Pure Alloy, HCS, artist, effects, and percussion cymbal lines.

Engelbert Schmid Horns

German horn maker

Models: 5 · Categories: 1

Engelbert Schmid Horns is a German horn maker associated with handmade single, double, triple, descant, and Wagner tuba instruments.

Duesenberg

German guitar maker

Models: 5 · Categories: 1

Duesenberg is a German guitar maker founded in 1986, known for electric guitars and basses with retro, art-deco-influenced styling.

Thein Brass

German brass instrument maker

Models: 4 · Sources: 4

Thein Brass is a German brass instrument maker producing handmade trombones, tubas, trumpets, horns, and related brass instruments.

Schwenk & Seggelke

German clarinet manufacturer

Models: 4 · Sources: 1

Schwenk & Seggelke is a German maker of clarinets, building handcrafted professional instruments in Bamberg.

Arcus

German carbon fiber bow maker

Models: 4 · Categories: 1

Arcus is a German carbon fiber bow maker founded by Bernd Müsing, who began researching bows in 1995 and first sold Arcus bows in 1999. Based in Würzburg, Germany, the company applies engineering and materials know-how from Müsing's earlier bicycle-frame manufacturing to bow making. Arcus bows use a signature very thin-walled, hollow carbon fiber stick with slightly reduced camber, making them notably lighter yet higher in tension than traditional wooden bows and optimized for modern strings. Every bow is made entirely by hand for violin, viola, cello, and double bass, with the current range organized into the T, S, P, M, and G series.

Tonfuchs Guitars

German custom guitar and bass maker

Models: 3 · Sources: 2

Tonfuchs Guitars is a custom shop making guitars and basses to order rather than mass-production models.

Püchner

German bassoon and woodwind maker

Models: 3 · Sources: 2

Püchner is a German woodwind maker known for bassoons, contrabassoons, oboes, English horns, and clarinet-family instruments.

Ricco Kühn

German horn maker

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Ricco Kühn is a German brass and horn maker associated with professional French horns, Wagner tubas, and handmade orchestral brass instruments.

Ritter Instruments

German handcrafted electric instrument maker

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Ritter Instruments is Jens Ritter's German maker of handcrafted electric instruments, including bass models and art-level custom pieces.

Maruszczyk Instruments

Bass and custom instrument brand

Models: 3 · Sources: 3

Maruszczyk Instruments is a bass, guitar, amplification, and accessories brand associated with Public Peace and Adrian Kuban-Maruszczyk.

Marleaux BassGuitars

German handcrafted electric bass maker

Models: 3 · Sources: 2

Marleaux BassGuitars is a German workshop building handcrafted premium electric basses.

Le Fay

German electric bass maker

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Le Fay is a German maker of 4-, 5-, and 6-string electric basses, including fretless and multiscale instruments.

Hughes & Kettner

German guitar amplifier manufacturer

Models: 3 · Sources: 2

Hughes & Kettner is a German guitar amplifier manufacturer founded in 1984 in St. Wendel by Hans and Lothar Stamer. It is known for programmable, feature-rich tube amplifiers such as the TriAmp and GrandMeister, plus the solid-state Spirit series, and signature technologies including the Red Box DI and Tube Safety Control.

F. Arthur Uebel

German clarinet maker

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

F. Arthur Uebel is a traditional German clarinet maker based in Markneukirchen, producing professional clarinets in both the German (Oehler) and French (Boehm) systems, including the Superior, Zenit and Romanza models.

Heinrich Gill

German bowed-string instrument maker

Models: 3 · Sources: 3

Heinrich Gill is a German bowed-string instrument maker with a focus on handcrafted violin-family instruments, especially cellos and related orchestral strings.

GEWA music

German manufacturer of musical instruments

Models: 3 · Sources: 1

GEWA is a German maker and distributor of musical instruments and accessories founded in 1925, with products spanning brass, strings, and other instrument families.

C. Bechstein

German grand and upright piano maker

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

C. Bechstein is a German piano maker founded in Berlin in 1853 by Carl Bechstein. A traditional concert-piano builder historically associated with Liszt, von Bülow, and Berlin's musical life, it manufactures its premium C. Bechstein grands and uprights in Seifhennersdorf, Saxony, using European mountain spruce soundboards and hand sand-cast iron frames.

Ammer

German piano and harpsichord maker

Models: 3 · Sources: 1

Ammer is a German maker of pianos and harpsichords, founded in 1927.

Neumann

Microphone and studio equipment maker

Models: 2 · Categories: 1

A German microphone maker known for studio condenser microphones.

Sandberg Guitars

German guitar and bass maker

Models: 2 · Categories: 1

Sandberg Guitars is a German maker of electric basses and guitars, including the California, Basic, Classic, Electra, Forty Eight, and Panther bass lines.

Nik Huber Guitars

Germany boutique electric guitar maker

Models: 2 · Sources: 2

Nik Huber Guitars is a Germany boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

Miraphone

German brass instrument maker

Sources: 3 · Models: 2

Miraphone is a German brass instrument maker associated especially with tubas, euphoniums, trombones, trumpets, and related brass instruments.

Melton Meinl Weston

German tuba and low-brass maker

Models: 2 · Sources: 2

Melton Meinl Weston is a German low-brass maker known for tubas, euphoniums, and professional low-brass instruments.

Kemper

German amp profiler manufacturer

Models: 2 · Sources: 2

Kemper is a German music technology manufacturer founded by Christoph Kemper. It is best known for the Kemper Profiler, introduced in 2011, which pioneered amp 'profiling' - capturing digital snapshots of real guitar amplifiers, cabinets, and effects.

Julius Keilwerth

Saxophone brand and maker

Models: 2 · Categories: 1

Julius Keilwerth is a saxophone brand and maker known for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones, including SX90R and anniversary models.

Kühnl & Hoyer

German manufacturer of musical instruments

Models: 2 · Sources: 2

Kuhnl & Hoyer is a German maker of brass instruments founded in 1948, known for its trumpets, flugelhorns, and other professional brass.

Hans Hoyer

German French horn brand

Models: 2 · Categories: 1

Hans Hoyer is a German French horn brand associated with professional double horns, descant horns, and orchestral horn models.

Diezel Amplification

German high-gain tube amplifier builder

Models: 2 · Sources: 2

Diezel Amplification is a German amplifier builder founded by Peter Diezel in 1992. Diezel is known for premium, hand-built high-gain tube amplifiers made in Germany, most famously the four-channel VH4 and the 180-watt Herbert.

C.A. Seydel Sohne

German harmonica maker

Models: 2 · Categories: 1

C.A. Seydel Sohne is a Klingenthal harmonica maker whose brand identity centers on the 1847 founding date and stainless-steel-reed harmonicas.

Blüthner

German grand and upright piano maker

Models: 2 · Categories: 1

Julius Blüthner Pianofortefabrik is a German piano maker founded in Leipzig in 1853 by Julius Blüthner. Family-run for generations, it is known for its warm 'Golden Tone' and its patented Aliquot stringing, in which treble notes are given an unstruck fourth string that resonates sympathetically. Blüthner builds grand and upright pianos in Leipzig.

B&S Brass

German brass instrument brand

Models: 2 · Categories: 1

B&S Brass is a German brass instrument brand associated with trumpets, trombones, tubas, euphoniums, and orchestral brass instruments.

Weltmeister

German accordion maker

Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

Weltmeister is a German accordion brand handmade in Klingenthal, a town central to Germany's accordion-making tradition. The manufacturer behind it has operated under names including VEB Klingenthaler Harmonikawerke, Harmona Akkordeon GmbH, and Weltmeister Akkordeon Manufaktur GmbH, and is known worldwide for professional piano and button accordions such as the Supita and the versatile Achat.

Wersi

German electronic organ and keyboard maker

Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

Wersi is a German maker of electronic home and stage organs and keyboards, founded in 1969 by brothers Wilhelm-Erich and Reinhard Franz in Rhineland-Palatinate. Famous in the 1970s for organs often sold as build-it-yourself kits, Wersi today builds computer-based entertainment organs running its Open Art System (OAS) and successor OAX platform.

Wurlitzer Clarinets

German clarinet maker

Categories: 1 · Models: 1

Wurlitzer Clarinets is a German clarinet maker associated with Boehm, Oehler, Reform Boehm, basset horn, and bass clarinet instruments.

Sennheiser

German microphone and audio maker

Categories: 1 · Models: 1

Sennheiser is a German maker of microphones, headphones, and audio equipment founded in 1945, known for its studio and stage microphones and wireless systems.

Schimmel

German grand and upright piano maker

Categories: 1 · Models: 1

Wilhelm Schimmel Pianofortefabrik is a German piano maker founded in 1885 by Wilhelm Schimmel. One of Germany's most prominent piano builders, Schimmel makes its premium Konzert and Classic grand and upright pianos by hand in Braunschweig (Brunswick), and is known for design features such as triplex scaling and an enlarged soundboard.

Gebr. Alexander

German brass and horn maker

Categories: 1 · Models: 1

Gebr. Alexander is a Mainz brass maker especially associated with professional French horns, Wagner tubas, trumpets, and low brass.

Behringer

Professional audio equipment manufacturer

Categories: 1 · Models: 1

Behringer is a German-founded maker of audio and music equipment established in 1989, known for affordable mixers and signal processors and, more recently, synthesizers and recreations of classic instruments.

Doepfer

German modular synthesizer maker

Categories: 1 · Models: 1

Doepfer is a German maker of synthesizers founded in 1977, credited with originating the Eurorack modular format and known for its analog modules and MIDI controllers.