KMCMusicorp

The Kaman Music Corporation ( / kəmɑ ː n / ), also briefly KMC Music Inc., is a US-based international company of the musical instrument industry. Today it is part of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Inc.

History

The Kaman Music Corporation was founded by Charles Kaman. The company's founder originally built helicopter. He was amateur musicians and developed in 1964 with some of his engineers a guitar, in which he combined with a wooden ceiling and thus paired high-tech materials, a high stability of the instrument with a balanced sound. With the success of Ovation guitars called the product portfolio of the company grew. In 2003, the Kaman Music Corporation took over the area for drums of the Gretsch Company. The Kaman Music Corporation was, until December 2007, the largest retailer of musical instruments and accessories in the U.S. market. Over five months, beginning in June 2007, Kaman negotiated with the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation ( FMIC ) on the takeover. On 29 October 2007 FMIC announced the acquisition together with the purchase price in the amount of 117 million U.S. dollars.

Product portfolio

KMC Music Inc. has the following private label as a producer in the portfolio:

Electric guitars, acoustic guitars

Amplifier

  • Genz Benz

Drums and percussion instruments

  • Gretsch Drums
  • Latin Percussion (LP)
  • Toca Percussion
  • Gibraltar Hardware
Types of business entity Bloomfield (Connecticut) Connecticut Ovation Guitar Company Takamine Guitars
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