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McKinney/McKinney-Elliott (Capos) See --> Phill Elliott (Current) or Thomas H. McKinney III, Frank Neat (Former makers)
Medina (Cymbals) See --> Gewa Music
MEC (Guitar/bass pickups) See --> Music Electronic Company
Megatone (Drumkits) See --> Beijing Eternal
Meinl-Weston See --> B&S GmbH
Meiser Electronics
German company that manufactures guitar pedals under the BSM brand, more specifically they make treble boosters in almost endless varieties. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In Australia by Sound & Music Distribution and in Japan by Nihon Electro Harmonix
Meiser Electronics, Saarpfalzstr. 4, D-66914 Waldmohr, Germany.
Tel: +49 6373 4879. E-Mail: info _at_ treblebooster.net
Melody Harp (Childrens instruments and educational materials) See --> Grover-Trophy Music Company
Melton See --> B&S GmbH
Mesa/Boogie Ltd.
USA based manufacturer of valve based guitar and bass amplifiers and cabinets. Company formerly known as Mesa Engineering. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In Denmark by Musikpartner, in France by Algam, in Hungary by Absolute Bt., in Iceland by Tónastöðin, in Indonesia by Melodia Musik, in Poland by Lauda Audio
Mesa/Boogie, 1317 Ross St., Petaluma, California 94954, USA.
Tel: +1 707 778 6565. Fax: +1 707 765 1503
Metropolitan Music Company
USA based company that is primarily a retailer and distributor of classical string instruments and parts but also sells products under its own brands including violins, violas and cellos using the John Juzek name, woodworking tools using the Ibex moniker, violin rests under the Resonans label and mutes under the Ultra stensil. The company also handles the NA distribution of Wilfer and has in the past sold products under other names including bows using the E. Dupree and F.N. Voirin labels.
Metropolitan Music was originally founded in 1920 by Robert Juzek (1894 - 1975) in New York as a violin importer and jobber and then called Czechoslovak Music Co. Early on he started to import instruments sourced from his brother Janek Juzek that was based in Prague in the then newly founded Czechoslovakian Republic, the instruments were labelled with the anglicised John Juzek name, "made in Czechoslovakia" and marked with "violinmaker in Prague" but that is in essence a meaningless label. While Mr. Juzek might have made some instruments from scratch in Prague it should be noted that he was apparently not an apprenticed master violin maker and none of the Juzek branded instruments were ever sold in Europe as you would expect if that was the case.
In his day the company was notorious for misrepresenting instruments bought finished or as white instruments from sundry European makers as being made in their own CZ workshops and for back dating their Juzek branded violins, violas and cellos to give the company an illusion of history, dates can go as far back as 1900 and possibly earlier but no instruments with the name were made before 1920 and the company newer really had a workshop in Europe, this practice however was fairly common at the time in the USA and still is to a degree, to put it into perspective for John Juzek to have been making master level instruments in 1901, he would have had to start his apprenticeship at age 1 or 2.
Note that this says nothing about the quality of the earlier instruments, they ranged from starter violins that are currently worth next to nothing to high quality master instruments that are quite sought after. The early instruments may have been made in Prague, or elsewhere in Bohemia or even Germany, but the bulk of their products came from the German workshops in Schönbach in Northern Bohemia (now Luby) and indeed in their first catalogue the company lists their instruments as being made in Schönbach even though the labels said Prague, but even the instruments made in Germany came with the made in Czechoslovakia/Prag label, which was technically legal in the USA if they were lacquered in CZ. After WWII Robert Juzek for the most part stopped purchasing from his brother and started dealing with manufacturers in Germany directly although he continued to use the John Juzek brand as he owned the trademark rights anyway. Their basses on the other were mostly made by Heinrich Lang/Benedikt Lang and Wilfer after 1935 or so, after WWII mostly Wilfer except for the plywood models supplied by Lang but in the 20's like their other instruments could have been made by just about anyone. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : Resonans rests are distributed in the Philippines by Sound Essentials and in Spain & Portugal by Enrique Keller
Metropolitan Music Co., 4861 Mountain Road, P.O. Box 1415, Stowe, VT 05672, USA.
Tel: 866 846 5461 (Toll free, USA and Canada only) or +1 802 253 4814. Fax: +1 802 253 9834. E-Mail: sales (at) metmusic.com
Meyer (Clarinet & Sax mouthpieces) See --> J.J. Babbit
MFB (Electronic music and video gear) See --> Ingenieur Büro Manfred Fricke
MGM
French company that makes guitars under the WSL an AZ brands in addition to locally distributing Aroma Music, Burns, Carvin and Tokai. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : On Reunion Island by Fotelec
MGM, Route Nationale 8, 13420 Gemenos, France.
Tel: +33 (0)4 42 32 71 05. Fax: +33 (0)4 42 32 71 00. E-Mail: info =at= wslguitars.com
Michael Kelly (Guitars) See --> Hanser Music Group
Michael F. Lazar
Canadian luthier that makes high end classical guitars. -- Official homepage.
Michael F. Lazar, 38 Deslauriers Crescent, St. Albert, AB T8N 5Y6, Canada.
Tel: +1 780 458 2635. E-Mail: info at lazarguitars.com.
Michael Hammel
German gent that manufactures musical instrument accessories such as shoulder and chin rests for violins under the Bonmusica brand. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : Non-exclusive distribution/wholesaling by Petz Kolophonium
Michael Hammel, Gereonstrasse 6, 52391 Vettweiss, Germany.
Tel: +49(0)2424 1052. E-Mail: michaelhammel !at! bonmusica.de
Midi Solutions Inc.
Canadian company that manufactures MI related utility products . -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In France by MESI
Midi Solutions Inc., PO Box 3010, Vancouver, BC V6B 3X5, Canada.
Tel: +1 604 794 3013. Fax: +1 604 794 3396. E-Mail: info {at} midisolutions.com
Mighty Bright See --> Gold Crest LL
Miguel J. Almería (Classical guitars & tuning machines) See --> Gewa Music
Mike Balter Mallets LLC
USA based company that manufactures drum &percussion beaters and mallets. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In Italy by Gold Music. Non-Exclusive distribution in the USA by David Wexler & Co.
Mike Balter Mallets LLC, 15 E. Palatine Rd. Suite 116, Prospect Heights, IL 60070, USA.
Tel: +1 847 541 5777. Fax: +1 847 541 5785. E-Mail: info (at) mikebalter.com
Milan Vaskovic
Czech gentleman that makes valve based guitar amplifier heads that he sells under the Milanek brand. -- Official homepage.
Milan Vaskovic, Rokytnice nad Jizerou, Horní Rokytnice 557, PSC 512 44, Czech Republic.
Tel: +420 605 153 285. E-Mail: info |at| milanekamps.com.
Milant/Milant-Deroux (Rosin) See --> Thorvaldsson
Miller See --> Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Co. (China - classical string instruments)
Miller Browne See --> Generation Music (Marching flutes)
Mirr Music Co
South Korean trading company that sells electric guitars, basses and amplification under the Italia brand. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In Australia by Central Musical Instruments, in Canada by Musical Instrument Distribution Canada, France & Switzerland by AmberTech, in Germany by iMusic Network, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg by BMI Groothandel, in Hungary by Tone-Italia, in Indonesia and Singapore by Guitarjoy, Ireland and the UK by John Hornby Skewes & Co Ltd, in Italy by Gold Music, in Japan by ESP Co., in New Zealand by South Pacific Music, in South Africa by Guitars For Africa and in the USA by LPD Music International
Mirr Music Co.,Ltd., #349-2, Majang-Ri, Kwangtan-Myun, Paju-S, Kunggi-Do, 413-850, South Korea.
Tel: +82 31 947 5295. Fax: +82 31 947 5294. E-Mail: mail |at| italiaguitars.com
Mitchell See --> GTRC Services
Mitchell Lurie (Reeds) See --> D'Addario & Co.
Mixosaurus
German company that manufactures a virtual drum plugin instrument, shipped as hardware rather than software in most cases. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In Northern America by MV Pro Audio
Mixosaurus DAW Drums GmbH, Am Bäkequell 13, D-12165 Berlin, Germany
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