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词条 Samick
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  1. Operations

  2. Guitar manufacturing and OEM supply

     Greg Bennett Guitars 

  3. Piano manufacturing and brand management

  4. References

  5. External links

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Samick Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. (Hangul: 삼익악기{{kse|002450}}, also known as Samick) is a South Korean musical instrument manufacturer. Founded 1958, it is one of the world's largest musical instrument manufacturers and an owner of shares in several musical instrument manufacturing companies.

Samick owns several manufacturers of pianos (for example Wm. Knabe & Co., Pramberger, Kohler & Campbell and Seiler), guitars (for example Greg Bennett Guitars and Silvertone) and other instruments.

Operations

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In 1992, Samick built its P.T. Samick factory in Cileungsi, near Bogor, Indonesia. This factory produces the majority of instruments that Samick makes.

North American operations are performed from its newly constructed (completed July 2007) North American Corporate Headquarters, located in Gallatin, TN. This {{convert|214000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} facility is responsible for all administrative activities for the North American market, as well as acting a distribution center for its guitars and acoustic/digital pianos. The facility recently began the manufacture of a small number of acoustic pianos, which will be sold under the Knabe brand.

Guitar manufacturing and OEM supply

Samick guitars are manufactured under different brand names and made by a number of different makers, including Greg Bennett and J.T. Riboloff (a former luthier at Gibson).[1] Some other Samick-built guitars are sold under Squier, Epiphone, Washburn, Hohner, Silvertone, and other brands.

Greg Bennett Guitars

American luthier Greg Bennett designs a line of guitars for Samick. The guitars have pickups designed by Seymour Duncan, machine heads from Grover, and bridges by Wilkinson. Woods used include ovangkol and ebony from Africa, rosewood from India, and rock maple from North America. Instruments under the Greg Bennett label are electric, acoustic and archtop guitars, electric and acoustic basses, mandolins, banjos, ukuleles and autoharps.

[2]

Piano manufacturing and brand management

Samick also has a wide range of pianos. Its acoustic piano brands include Samick, Pramberger, Wm. Knabe & Co., Kohler & Campbell, and Gebrüder Schulze; and it has digital piano brands of Kohler, Samick Digital, and Symphonia. Samick recently announced the discontinuation of the Sohmer & Co. brand.

In 2004, Samick gained controlling interest in competitor Young Chang, but an anti-trust rulings in the U.S. and Korea ended the merger a year later.[3] From 2003 to 2009 Samick was associated with German C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik.

In addition, Bechstein and Samick have a joint venture factory in Shanghai, China. In October 2008, Samick announced its purchase of Seiler, another German piano company, that is generally agreed to compete with Bechstein at both price point and overall quality. The announcement raises questions about continued viability of relationship between Samick and Bechstein .

In late 2009, Samick acquired a 16.5% share of Steinway Musical Instruments. By November 2010, Samick's share in Steinway Musical Instruments increased to 32%.[4]In 2013 Samick was outbid by John Paulson when Steinway and Sons was taken private.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.vintageguitar.com/jt-riboloff/|title=JT Riboloff|work=Vintage Guitar|accessdate=2 February 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=About Greg Bennett|url=http://www.gregbennettguitars.com/about.html|work=Greg Bennett Guitars|publisher=Samick|accessdate=12 November 2011}}
3. ^Fine, Larry. (editor.) Acoustic and Digital Piano Buyer. Fall 2010. p. 193.
4. ^Snowdown, Ross. "Snooker baize firm pockets £1m orders in China." Yorkshire Post, 15 November 2010.
5. ^https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-14/paulson-co-to-buy-piano-maker-steinway-for-512-million

External links

{{commons category|Samick Musical Instrument}}
  • Samick Musical Instruments Homepage
  • Greg Bennett website

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