KMCMusicorp
Musical instrument company
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KMC Music is an owner and distributor of several brands of musical instruments. The company is currently a subsidiary of Canadian corporate group Exertis | JAM.[1]
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| Company type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Predecessor | Kaman Music Corporation |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Charles Kaman |
| Products | String instruments Brass instruments Percussion instruments Amplifiers |
| Brands | |
| Parent | Exertis JAM |
| Website | kmcmusic.com |
History
The company began as Kaman Music Corporation /kəˈmɑːn/, a part of the Kaman Corporation founded by Charles Kaman. In addition to his business interests in aviation, Kaman was a guitarist who came to explore the use of composite materials technologies in guitar building. He and his engineers created the round-backed, composite-body Ovation guitar in 1966.
In January 2008, Kaman Corporation sold Kaman Music Corporation to Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) for $117 million.[2]
In 2011, Kaman Music Corporation and Musicorp, sister companies under the FMIC umbrella, united their sales and catalog divisions as KMC Musicorp.
As of 2018, Hamer has moved its facilities to China.[3][4][5]
In 2014, FMIC sold KMC's Gretsch Drums, Toca Percussion, Latin Percussion, KAT Percussion, Ovation Guitars, and Gibraltar Hardware brands to Drum Workshop.[6]
In February 2015, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation sold KMC to JAM Industries,[7] which rebranded as Exertis | JAM in 2021.
Brands
Some of the companies that are currently subsidiaries of KMC are:[8]
| Brand | Products |
|---|---|
| Daisy Rock Girl | Electric guitars, basses, ukuleles |
| Randall | Guitar amplifiers |
| Remo | Drum kits and heads |
See also
- Ashly Audio (also a subsidiary of Jam Industries)
- U.S. Music Corporation (also a subsidiary of Jam Industries)
- Ventura (Japanese guitars)
