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Xaphoon (Chalumeau like woodwind inst.) See --> Gary Friedman
XS Percussion See --> Beijing Eternal
XXL Guitars See --> Les Ateliers de la Corde
Yairi Guitar Co.
Japanese manufacturer of mid and high end acoustics guitars, basses, mandolins, ukuleles and banjos, run by noted luthier Kazuo Yairi and sometimes marketed under his name or as K. Yairi in markets were other Yairi brandnames have been known. In addition to making under his own name he makes guitars as an OEM for brands such as Alvarez. The company also makes strange small tenor guitars solely for the Japanese market, where they are sold as a sort of a beginners/hobby instrument for girls but there is a small industry there that publishes music, holds competitions etc. specifically for tenor guitars that is completely unknown in the west. -- Official homepage. -- European homepage
Distribution : High end models are handled in North America by Loud Technologies
Yari Guitar Co., Kani City, Gifu prefecture 3230-2, Japan.
Tel: 0120 62 1138 (Toll free, Japan only) or +81 0574 62 1138. Fax: 0574-62-9398
Yamaha See --> Yamaha Corp.
Yanagisawa Wind Instrument Inc
Japanese company that manufactures saxophones and related accessories. Was originally founded in 1896 and for the most part of the 20th century made all kinds of wind instruments but in the last few decades has concentrated more and more on saxes, in the west they are best known for their high end models and the use of unusual metals, but they actually have a wide range of instruments from student models upwards. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In France by SML, in North America by Conn-Selmer and in Ireland and the UK by Barnes & Mullins
2-29-5, Azusawa, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Tel: +81 3 3966 9501. Fax: +81 3 3966 9413.
Yellow Cables/Yellow Parts(Cables and guitar parts & accessories) See --> Algam
Yiwu Zhangfeng Import & Export Firm
Chinese trading company that sells amongst other things acoustic & electric guitars & basses in addition to electronic pianos, primarily on an OEM or ODM basis. Note that their homepage has no information on their musical instrument products, see: their Tradedeal.com page for info on some of their range. -- Official homepage.
Yiwu Zhangfeng Import & Export Firm , Rm303, Unit 2, Building 49, Dongxinwu, Qingkou, Yiwu City, Zhejiang 322000, China.
Tel: +86 579 13958422184. Fax: +86 579 85299159. E-Mail: admin >at> wonderful-bead.com.
Zachary Music
Canadian company that is primarily an online retailer of wind instruments but also distribute brasswind, flutes and saxohpones under their own ZeuS brand and electric guitars, pedals, amplifiers, stands and strings under the Zachary Guitars name, company is run by Alex Csiky. Their main homepage is perfectly ordinary (for the most part) if i bit dated looking, take a deep breath before you visit the Zachary Guitars webpage however, while the general consensus is that their guitars are fine if a bit run of the mill "American HM custom" in design and build, the site looks and reads like it was done by a 12 year old with attitude who has just overdosed on Ritalin, and the further you dig the worse it gets ..... . -- Official homepage. -- Zachary Guitars homepage
Zachary Music, 2298 Everts Ave., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3W7, Canada.
Tel: +1 519 250 6155. Fax: +1 519 250 6177..
Zendrum Corp.
USA based company that makes a handheld and desktop pad/drum MIDI controllers. -- Official homepage.
Zendrum Corporation, P.O. Box 5907, Douglasville, GA 30154-0016, USA.
Tel: +1 404 352 1646. E-Mail: info at zendrum.com.
Zeus (Wind instruments) See --> Zachary Music
Zildjian See --> Avedis Zildjian Company
Zinky Electronics
USA based company that manufactures guitar amplifiers and effect pedals under the Zinky, Smokey and Supro brands and has more recently added a line of guitars sold under the Supro brand. -- Official homepage. -- Supro homepage
Distribution : In Australia by Atlantis Distribution, in Italy by Grisby Music, in Japan by Nancy (Instrument amps) and in the UK by GAP Co.
Zinky Electronics, LLC, PO Box 3973, Flagstaff, Arizona 86003, USA.
Zion Guitar Technology
USA based manufacturer of high end electric guitars. Originally founded by Ken Hoover in 1980 and then based in Greensboro, North Carolina, but currently owned and run by Dale Brown and located in Raleigh in the same state. -- Official homepage.
Zion Guitar Technology Inc., 2302 Atlantic Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27604, USA.
Tel: +1 919 754 9790..
Zoller Guitars See --> Framus (60's to current - Germany) or Shadow Electronics of America Inc. (USA/China 2003 to 2005)
Zon Guitars
USA based manufacturer of high end solidbody electric bass guitars. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In Norway by Audiocompaniet
Zon Guitars, 780 Second Ave, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
Tel: +1 650 366 3516. Fax: +1 650 366 9996. E-Mail: customerservice at zonguitars.com
Zoom (Guitar/bass multieffects) See --> Zoom Corp.
ZT Amplifiers
USA based manufacturer of guitar amplifiers. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In Australia by Audio Chocolate, in France by CISIFE, in Scandinavia by Golden Age Music, in Switzerland by Sticks Musique
ZT Amplifiers Inc., 2329 4th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA.
Tel: +1 510 356 4077.
ZumSteel (Pedal Steel Guitars) See --> Bruce Zumsteg
1st Note (Childrens instruments and educational materials) See --> Grover-Trophy Music Company
2Box
Swedish manufacturer of electronic drums, company was founded by Bengt Lilja and Rik van der Brugghen, both ex-Clavia DMI (ddrum), Lilja was actually the guy who designed and made the ddrum heads as an OEM. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In Finland by Soundata, in France by Algam, in Japan by Korg and in Poland by Audiostacja
2Box AB, Gräsgatan 6, 11860 Stockholm, Sweden.
Tel: +46 (0)70 491 16 43.
2Box, Älgstigen 28, 13936 Värmdö, Stockholms Län, Sweden.
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