The section on music instrument building includes both
industrial firms and the numerous
traditional craftsmen. The firms
organised in the National Association of German Music Instrument
Manufacturers and the German Piano Industry Association are
listed alphabetically. As additional information, the publicly
appointed and sworn experts engaged in various aspects of the
building of music instruments are also listed. The sub-section on
handicraft establishments lists the instrument manufacturers
organised in the music instrument trade associations (National
Guild of the Music Instrument Trade, Federation of German Piano
Makers, Federation of German Master Organ Builders, Association
of German Violin and Bow Makers) plus other instrument building
branches that have supplied information data. The publicly
appointed and sworn experts registered by the Federal Guild
Association for the various sectors of the music instrument
building trade are also listed.
The classification of music instrument building into
specialised areas is based on the register of the publicly
appointed and sworn experts for the musical instrument trade as
follows: Organ and harmoniums, piano and cembalo, violins, bows,
plucked instruments, woodwind instruments, brass instruments and
percussion, squeezebox instruments and other manufacturers.
