Makers

Yamaha

Japan musical instrument manufacturer

Models: 120 · Categories: 11

Yamaha is a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1887 and one of the largest in the world, producing pianos, guitars, wind and brass instruments, drums, and a wide range of electronic instruments.

Stentor Music

British orchestral string instrument brand

Models: 36 · Categories: 3

Stentor Music is a British orchestral string instrument brand associated with student and advancing violins, violas, cellos, double basses, bows, and cases.

Eastman Strings

Orchestral string instrument brand

Models: 35 · Sources: 5

Eastman Strings is an orchestral string instrument brand with violin, viola, cello, bass, bow, case, and string-family instrument lines.

Ibanez

Japan guitar brand

Models: 22 · Categories: 3

Ibanez is a Japanese guitar brand established in 1929 and produced by Hoshino Gakki. It is widely known for electric guitars and basses, particularly fast-necked models favored in rock and metal.

NS Design

Electric bowed-string instrument maker

Models: 13 · Categories: 4

NS Design is the electric bowed-string instrument brand founded by American luthier Ned Steinberger. It makes electric violins, violas, cellos, and double basses, including the WAV, NXTa, and CR series. Its instruments share the NS Polar directional piezo pickup, a patented self-clamping tuning system, and an adjustable-height bridge.

Epiphone

United States guitar brand

Models: 13 · Categories: 2

Epiphone is an American guitar brand that traces its roots to 1873 and has been owned by Gibson since 1957. It produces electric and acoustic guitars, including more affordable versions of Gibson designs alongside its own models such as the Casino.

Gretsch

United States guitar brand

Models: 12 · Categories: 3

Gretsch is an American instrument maker founded in Brooklyn in 1883, known both for its hollow-body electric guitars and for its drums. Its guitars are closely associated with rockabilly, country, and rock players.

D'Angelico Guitars

United States guitar brand

Models: 9 · Sources: 3

D'Angelico is an American guitar brand rooted in the archtop instruments built by luthier John D'Angelico in New York from the 1930s, today offering archtop, hollow-body, and semi-hollow electric guitars.

Charvel

United States electric guitar brand

Models: 8 · Categories: 1

Charvel is an American electric guitar brand founded in California in the 1970s, known for high-performance 'superstrat' guitars popular in rock and metal.

Tama Drums

Japanese drum brand

Models: 7 · Categories: 2

Tama Drums is a Japanese drum brand with acoustic drum kits, snares, hardware, pedals, and artist-oriented drum lines.

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.

Trevor James Flutes

British specialist flute brand

Models: 4 · Categories: 1

Trevor James is a British specialist flute brand offering student through handmade flutes, alto and bass flutes and piccolos, known for its hand-finished headjoints and the .958 silver Voce headjoint cut.

Silvertone

American catalog instrument brand

Models: 4 · Categories: 1

Silvertone is an American brand of guitars, amplifiers, and other instruments sold by Sears beginning in 1916, with instruments built by makers such as Danelectro, Harmony, and Kay.

Kentucky Mandolins

Saga Musical Instruments mandolin brand

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Kentucky Mandolins is a Saga Musical Instruments mandolin brand with A-style and F-style mandolin-family instruments.

Leblanc Clarinets

Clarinet brand

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Leblanc Clarinets is a clarinet brand associated with professional and student clarinet-family instruments under the Conn-Selmer instrument group.

Di Zhao Flutes

American flute brand handcrafted in China

Models: 3 · Sources: 2

Di Zhao Flutes, founded in 2006 and based in Westford, Massachusetts, offers student through professional flutes handcrafted in Tianjin, China by makers trained by Di Zhao, with widely praised value at each level.

Alvarez Guitars

United States acoustic guitar brand

Models: 3 · Sources: 3

Alvarez is an American-owned acoustic guitar brand known for steel-string, classical, and acoustic-electric guitars offered across a wide range of price points.

P. Mauriat

Taiwanese saxophone and wind-instrument brand

Models: 2 · Sources: 2

P. Mauriat is a Taiwanese wind-instrument brand founded in 2003, known for handcrafted saxophones, clarinets, flutes, trumpets, and accessories.

Recording King

American-designed bluegrass and old-time banjos

Categories: 2 · Models: 2

Recording King is an American instrument brand reviving a historic Montgomery Ward name, known for affordable bluegrass and old-time banjos built around Mastertone-style tone rings and flanges, alongside guitars and resonator instruments.

Lee Oskar Harmonicas

Harmonica brand associated with Lee Oskar and Tombo

Models: 2 · Sources: 2

Lee Oskar Harmonicas is a harmonica brand known for modular diatonic harmonicas in standard and altered tunings.

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.

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.

Vega

Historic American banjo brand, built by Deering

Categories: 1 · Models: 1

Vega is a historic American banjo brand, founded in Boston, whose old-time and classic models are today designed and built by the Deering Banjo Company in California.