Design and Construction of Musical Instruments

The construction of musical instruments is a highly skilled process requiring many years of training and practice. Instrument makers tend to specialise in individual instruments or groups of instruments from the same classification type.

Provided below is an A-to-Z list of notable musical instrument manufacturers:

• Ace Tone
• Adams Musical Instruments
• Amati-Denak
• Aoyama Harp
• Armadillo Enterprises, Inc.
• August Förster
• AW-Reeds GbR
• BassLab
• Beiijing HsingHai Musical Instruments Corporation
• Besson
• Bogner
• Boosey & Hawkes
• Buescher Band Instrument Company
• Buffet Crampon
• C. A. Seydel Söhne
• C. F. Martin & Company
• C. G. Conn
• Cabart
• Carl Bechstein
• Carvin Corporation
• Castagnari
• Cleartone Strings
• Conn-Selmer
• Cramer & Co.
• D'Addario
• D'Alegria
• D'Andrea Picks
• Danemann
• David Laurie
• Dynasty USA
• E. K. Blessing
• Electromuse
• Elixir Strings
• Elkhart Band Instrument Company
• Everly Music Company
• Forster and Andrews
• Gemeinhardt
• H A Ward
• Hardman Peck
• Helland Brothers
• Helpinstill
• Henry Hottinger Collection
• Höfner
• Hohner
• Howarth of London
• J Barrall
• J Hudson & Co
• JJ Babbitt
• Julius Blüthner
• Julius Keilwerth
• Jupiter Band Instruments
• Kamaka Ukulele
• KHS Musical Instruments
• King Musical Instruments
• Korg
• Leblanc
• Ludwig-Musser
• Luis and Clark
• Lyon & Healy
• Magnus Harmonica Corporation
• Marchione Guitars
• Marigaux
• Mason and Hamlin
• Metasonix
• Multivox Premier
• Nirschl
• Orsi Instrument Company
• Pan American Band Instrument Company
• Paxman Musical Instruments
• Powell Flutes
• Regal Manufacturing Company
• Regal Musical Instrument Company
• Road case
• Rocky Mount Instruments
• RotoSound
• Saga Musical Instruments
• Sankyo Flute Company
• Schweighofer
• Shubb
• Silva-Bet
• Sohmer & Co.
• Specimen Products
• Speranski
• Steinway Musical Instruments
• Teisco
• The Selmer Company
• Valco
• Vandoren
• Vega Company
• Vincent Bach Corporation
• Viscount
• Vito
• Vox
• W.E. Hill & Sons
• Waterloo Music Company
• Yamaha Corporation
• Yanagisawa Wind Instruments
• Yorkville Sound