Makers

Moog Music

American company

Models: 33 · Categories: 2

Moog Music is an American maker of synthesizers founded by Robert Moog in 1953, a pioneer of the commercial analog synthesizer known for the Minimoog and a range of modular and performance synths.

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.

Ensoniq

American technology company

Models: 10 · Categories: 1

Ensoniq was an American electronics company founded in 1982, known for affordable samplers and synthesizers such as the Mirage and the ASR and SQ keyboard workstations.

E-mu Systems

American electronic instrument maker

Models: 9 · Categories: 4

E-mu Systems is an American maker of electronic musical instruments founded in 1971 in Santa Cruz, California. The company pioneered affordable samplers with the Emulator series and later became widely known for its sample-based sound modules, including the Proteus family and the Vintage Keys. E-mu was acquired by Creative Technology in 1993 and ceased hardware production in the early 2000s.

Alesis

Manufacturer of music and audio equipment

Models: 7 · Categories: 1

Alesis is an American maker of music and audio equipment founded in 1980, known for affordable digital reverbs, drum machines, mixers, and electronic instruments.

B.C. Rich

Company

Models: 6 · Categories: 1

B.C. Rich is an American guitar maker founded in 1969, known for its angular, pointed electric guitar and bass shapes such as the Mockingbird and Warlock that became staples of heavy metal.

Story & Clark

American musical instrument maker

Models: 5 · Sources: 1

Story & Clark is an American maker of pianos, a long-established firm known for its upright and player pianos.

Kay Musical Instrument Company

American musical instrument manufacturer established in 1931

Models: 3 · Sources: 1

Kay was an American musical instrument manufacturer based in Chicago, known for affordable guitars, basses, and other stringed instruments often sold through catalogs and store brands.

Ludwig-Musser

United States musical instrument manufacturer, focused on percussion

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Ludwig (Ludwig-Musser) is an American maker of percussion instruments founded in 1909, known for its drum kits, famously played by Ringo Starr, and for Musser mallet percussion.

Staccato

British maker of fibreglass drums and magnesium guitars

Models: 2 · Sources: 1

Staccato is a British musical instrument company founded in 1977 by Pat Townshend in Norwich, England, known for its distinctive fibreglass horn-shelled drums and, from the 1980s, magnesium-alloy electric guitars.

Music Logic Systems, Inc.

American company

Categories: 1 · Models: 1

Music Logic Systems, Inc. was an American maker of electronic music products founded in 1986.

Digital Keyboards, Inc.

American company

Categories: 1 · Models: 1

Digital Keyboards, Inc. was an American company founded in 1980, known for the Synergy digital synthesizer.