55 5.6 e 35.180250 n 136.918222 e 35.180250 ; 136.918222 hoshino gakki co. ltd. native name type kabushiki gaisha industry musical instruments founded nagoya japan 1908 founder matsujiro hoshino headquarters nagoya japan main hq bensalem pa united states us hq subsidiaries ibanez tama drums website hoshinogakki.co.jp hoshino gakki co. ltd. hoshino gakki kabushiki gaisha lit . hoshino musical instruments is a japanese manufacturer of musical instruments . it is the owner of the ibanez guitar and tama drum brand names . contents 1 history 2 timeline 3 see also 4 references 5 sources history edit the hoshino company was founded in 1908 by matsujiro hoshino originally as the hoshino shoten bookstore which mostly sold books and sheet music and then gradually over the years also began to import musical instruments into japan . matsujiro was succeeded by yoshitaro hoshino . from 1929 hoshino imported spanish guitars of salvador ib ez hijos resident in valencia which company was bought in 1933 by telesforo julve also from valencia . in 1935 hoshino began manufacturing their own stringed instruments using the name ibanez salvador later shortened as ibanez . the company had little presence in the western world until the mid 1960s . in 1957 hoshino gakki manufactured what would be considered the first of the modern era ibanez guitars . in 1962 junpei hoshino yoshitaro s son opened the tama seisakusho factory to manufacture electric guitars and amplifiers . the tama seisakusho factory produced a line of guitars that included clones of several popular guitars including the martin dreadnought . at the time they were also manufacturing star drums available in either the imperial or royal models . hoshino gakki stopped making guitars at the tama seisakusho factory in 1966 but continued making drums and from then on contracted outside guitar factories which in the mid 1960s mainly consisted of guyatone . beginning in the 70 s guitars were almost exclusively manufactured by fujigen which remains one of the main sources for japanese ibanez guitars . 1 timeline edit 1908 the hoshino shoten bookstore company is founded by matsujiro hoshino . originally selling books and sheet music they gradually start to import musical instruments . 1929 the hoshino company starts hoshino gakki ten inc. and starts to import salvador ib ez acoustic guitars from spain . 1935 hoshino gakki ten begins their own production of ibanez salvador branded spanish guitars . 1945 the hoshino gakki ten factory was destroyed by world war ii bombing . 1955 hoshino gakki ten builds new headquarters in nagoya japan and becomes an export only business . 1957 hoshino gakki ten starts making the first modern era ibanez branded guitars . 1962 hoshino gakki ten opens the tama seisakusho factory . 1966 hoshino gakki ten starts to use outside manufacturers for guitars and amplifiers but continues to manufacture drums themselves . 1969 hoshino gakki ten starts to use the fujigen gakki guitar factory to make most of the ibanez branded guitars . the headstock logo on ibanez guitars is changed from a metal logo to a more modern decal logo . 1971 hoshino gakki ten starts a u.s. distribution channel named elger in bensalem pa right above philadelphia pa 1972 hoshino gakki ten launches its own line of ibanez effect pedals . the ibanez effect pedals were licensed from the nisshin onpa company who own the maxon brand . 1973 hoshino gakki partners with chesbro music company to distribute ibanez and tama to western u.s. 1974 the tama brand name is used for the drums produced by hoshino gakki ten . 1975 the artist range ibanez iceman was originally called an artist 2663 with original guitar designs by hoshino gakki ten ibanez kanda shokai greco and fujigen gakki is launched . 1980 the elgar name is changed to hoshino usa inc. 1981 hoshino changes company name from hoshino gakki ten to hoshino gakki and starts hoshino gakki mfg based on tama seisakusho . 1982 hoshino gakki starts hoshino gakki hanbai for the japanese domestic market . 1987 hoshino gakki starts hoshino los angeles office . late 1980s hoshino gakki starts using korean guitar manufactures as well as japanese guitar manufactures and in later years also uses chinese and indonesian guitar manufacturers . 1990 hoshino gakki starts hoshino u.s.a. los angeles branch . 2005 hoshino gakki starts qingdao representative office in china . 2009 hoshino gakki ends partnership with chesbro music company and takes on sole u.s. distributorship . see also edit brands camco drum company cimar ibanez matao guitar penco guitars tama drums historical suppliers salvador ib ez guyatone kiso suzuki violin fujigen maxon references edit http www.guyatoneus.com sources edit hoshino gakki history telesforo julve retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hoshino gakki & oldid 740661322 categories guitar manufacturing companiespercussion instrument manufacturing companiescompanies based in nagoyacompanies established in 1908hidden 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