Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation

This article is about the Japanese musical instrument company. For other uses, see Suzuki (disambiguation).

The Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation (鈴木楽器製作所, Suzuki Gakki Seisakusho) is a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer. Founded in 1953 as a manufacturer of harmonicas, Suzuki later expanded to manufacturing Melodions, electronic musical instruments, and instruments for music education.^[1]

Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation

Native name	鈴木楽器製作所
Industry	Musical instruments
Founded	1953; 72 years ago (1953)
Founders	Manji Suzuki
Headquarters	Hamamatsu , Japan
Website	suzukimusic-global.com

History

Suzuki Melodion Pro37

Suzuki Tronichord PC-27

Suzuki Omnichord OM-300

Hammond SK1

Company founder Manji Suzuki began building harmonicas and founded Suzuki Musical Instrument in 1953.^[2] In 1961 he developed the melodion which was officially adopted by the Japanese Ministry of Education for use in schools six years later.^[3][4]

In 1981 the company introduced the Tronichord and Omnichord electronic musical instruments.^[5]

In 1989 Suzuki bought the Hammond Organ Co.. The subsidiary, operating as Hammond Suzuki, markets electronic organs and melodions under the Hammond brand, and instrument amplifiers under the Leslie brand.^[6]

It has expanded to include a variety of instruments including digital pianos and band instruments.^[7] The company operates distribution companies in the United Kingdom (Suzuki Europe Ltd - owned by Suzuki Japan)^[8] and in the Western U.S. (in San Diego, California).