BAND EQUIPMENT MAKERS ============================================================================== Drums and percussion, cymbals, brass, woodwind, harmonica and bagpipes. The 146 makers Wikipedia names, extracted on 2026-09-11 rather than recalled. A name here means Wikipedia has an article filing it as such a maker. It does NOT mean a dating scheme exists, is published, or can be transcribed. WIKIPEDIA HAS NO SAXOPHONE CATEGORY. NONE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Categories that exist for this family: Percussion instrument manufacturing companies Cymbal manufacturing companies Brass instrument manufacturing companies Clarinet manufacturing companies Oboe manufacturing companies Harmonica manufacturers Bagpipe makers Categories that DO NOT exist, checked one by one: Saxophone manufacturing companies Flute manufacturing companies Bassoon manufacturing companies Trumpet manufacturing companies Drum manufacturing companies Woodwind instrument manufacturing companies The saxophone is the instrument in this family people most often want dated, and it has no category. Yanagisawa, who make some of the best saxophones in the world, are filed only under "Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Japan". So a pool built from categories alone would contain almost no saxophone makers and would look complete while doing it. 7 makers were added by name to repair that, each checked against Wikipedia first. Checked and NOT added, because no article exists under the name tried - listed so the gap is visible rather than silent: P. Mauriat The Martin Band Instrument Company Borgani Rampone & Cazzani Leblanc (company) Armstrong (musical instruments) Muramatsu Flute Verne Q. Powell Flutes Wm. S. Haynes Company Miyazawa Flutes Trevor James Flutes Heckel (musical instruments) Holton (musical instruments) Schilke Music Products B&S (musical instruments) Evans (drumheads) BY FAMILY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ These are four different dating problems, not one. A drum is dated by its badge and the date stamp inside the shell; a saxophone by a serial in the maker's own sequence; a cymbal often by a trademark stamp and no serial at all. percussion 81 brass 48 woodwind 26 cymbals 15 harmonica 5 bagpipes 3 THE FULL LIST (146 names) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A. Laubin [woodwind] Adams Musical Instruments [brass, percussion] Agean Cymbals [cymbals, percussion] Alesis [percussion] Amati Kraslice [brass, woodwind] American Drum Manufacturing Company [percussion] Antoine Courtois [brass] Ashton Music [percussion] Axis Percussion [percussion] Ayotte Drums [percussion] Bauerfeind [brass] Bellfounding [percussion] Besson (music company) [brass] Boosey & Hawkes [brass] Boston Musical Instrument Company [brass] Brady Drum Company [percussion] Buescher Band Instrument Company [brass, woodwind] Buffet Crampon [brass, woodwind] C. A. Seydel Söhne [harmonica] C. G. Conn [brass, woodwind] Cabart [woodwind] Camco Drum Company [percussion] Cannonball Musical Instruments [brass, woodwind] Conn-Selmer [brass, percussion, woodwind] Corder Drum Company [percussion] Couesnon [woodwind] Craviotto drums [percussion] Crescent Cymbals [cymbals, percussion] Cümbüş [percussion] D'Addario (manufacturer) [percussion, woodwind] Ddrum [percussion] Distin family [brass] Dixon Drums [percussion] Drum Workshop [percussion] E-mu Systems [percussion] E. K. Blessing [brass] Eastman Winds [brass] Ed. Kruspe [brass] Elkhart Band Instrument Company [brass] F. E. Olds [brass] F. Lorée [woodwind] Fender (company) [harmonica] Fibes Drums [percussion] Fonderie Paccard [percussion] Gebr. Alexander [brass] Gemeinhardt [woodwind] Getzen [brass] Glen (music company) [bagpipes] Grassmayr Bell Foundry [percussion] Gretsch [percussion] Gretsch Drums [percussion] Haas (brass instrument makers) [brass] Hammerax [cymbals, percussion] Hanson Clarinet Company [woodwind] Harmony Company [percussion] Hayman drums [percussion] Henri Selmer Paris [brass, woodwind] Hohner [harmonica, percussion] Holton (Leblanc) [brass] Holton-Farkas [brass] Hoshino Gakki [percussion] Howarth of London [woodwind] Istanbul Agop Cymbals [cymbals, percussion] Istanbul cymbals [cymbals, percussion] J. C. Deagan, Inc. [percussion] John Grey & Sons [percussion] Josef Lidl [brass] Julius Keilwerth [woodwind] Jupiter Band Instruments [brass, percussion, woodwind] Juutila Foundry [percussion] Kanstul Musical Instruments [brass] KHS Musical Instruments [brass, percussion, woodwind] King Conga [percussion] King Musical Instruments [brass] Kotabe Foundry [percussion] Köhler & Son [brass] Latin Percussion [percussion] Leblanc (musical instrument manufacturer) [brass, woodwind] Leedy Manufacturing Company [percussion] Ludwig Drums [percussion] Lyon & Healy [brass] Magnus Harmonica Corporation [harmonica] Majestic Percussion [percussion] Mapex Drums [percussion] Marigaux [woodwind] Martin Band Instrument Company [brass] McCallum Bagpipes [bagpipes] Meinl Percussion [cymbals, percussion] Melton Meinl Weston [brass] Michael Rath Trombones [brass] Musik Josef [woodwind] Natal Drums [percussion] Nirschl [brass] Noble & Cooley [percussion] North Drums [percussion] Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry [percussion] Orange County Drum and Percussion [percussion] Orsi Instrument Company [woodwind] Pacific Drums and Percussion [percussion] Paiste [cymbals, percussion] Paxman Musical Instruments [brass] Pearl Drums [percussion] Peavey Electronics [percussion] Petit & Fritsen [percussion] Pieter and François Hemony [percussion] Pork Pie Percussion [percussion] Premier Percussion [percussion] Redpipe [bagpipes] Regal Tip [percussion] Remo [percussion] Rhythm Tech [percussion] Rogers Drums [percussion] Roland Corporation [percussion] Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry [percussion] Rudall Carte [brass] Sabian Cymbals [cymbals, percussion] Seidel Band Instrument Company [brass] Simmons (electronic drum company) [percussion] Slingerland Drum Company [percussion] Sonor [percussion] Soultone Cymbals [cymbals, percussion] St. Louis Music [brass] Stagg Music [brass, cymbals] Stephanhöuser Saxophones [brass] Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation [harmonica, percussion] Tama Drums [percussion] Trexist Cymbals [cymbals] Trixon Drums [percussion] UFIP [cymbals, percussion] V. F. Červený & Synové [brass] Vanden Gheyn family [percussion] Vandoren [woodwind] Vater Percussion [percussion] Vega Company [brass] Vic Firth [percussion] Vincent Bach Corporation [brass] Vito (Leblanc) [woodwind] Walberg and Auge Drum Company [percussion] Yamaha Corporation [brass, percussion, woodwind] Yamaha Drums [percussion] Yanagisawa Wind Instruments [woodwind] York Band Instrument Company [brass] Zanchi (cymbals) [cymbals, percussion] Zilco [cymbals] Zildjian [cymbals, percussion] Československé hudební nástroje [brass] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Extracted 2026-09-11. 146 makers. 0 implemented on the site so far.