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Akord Kvint is a private firm producing exceptional concert and master violins, violas and cellos. The firm was founded in 1991 in Luby, a small town with a long tradition of string instrument craftsmanship going back to the middle of the seventeenth century. The owners managed to gather up both famous and young talented violin makers, mostly master luthiers, and to create the most qualified professional team in the Czech Republic.
All the violins, violas and cellos created by the Akord Kvint Company are suitable for the serious student, professional or the hobbyist wishing to own a brilliant, high quality and valuable instrument.
Master luthiers produce violins, violas and cellos in five quality levels. All of them, except for cellos, are available in all sizes and designed after the models of Stradivari and Guarneri.

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AMATI is a music instrument factory focused on woodwind and brasswind musical instruments.
AMATI - Denak, Ltd., with its 200 employees ranks as the leader on the Czech market in regard to assortment range and quality. It is one of the largest manufacturers of musical instruments in Europe. All production of the company is proudly made in the Czech Republic, where the main factory is located in the western part of the Czech Republic in Kraslice. There is a rich tradition in making of woodwind and brasswind musical instruments.

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"The Bastl Manifesto
At Bastl Instruments, we actively take part in the contemporary music scene by developing future-proof musical instruments and catalyzing change in the ecosystems we find ourselves in. Our team creates and promotes new opportunities for performers, and together we explore the potential for the social impact of music in the real world and online.

Why DIY?
Our primary motivation is to develop and produce original instruments that allow all of us to make our very own unique music. With Bastl’s innovation-driven design and often unprecedented functionality, we expand the possibilities of composition, experimentation, and live performance, influencing the present and the future of music-making.

To us, music is an ecosystem of people, events, and tools. All through this ecosystem, we want to interact, find new forms of expression, and fuel the creation of action-ready communities.

We're deeply rooted in the Do It Yourself culture (“bastl” in Czech), which inspires us to engage with tech hands-on. However, we want to reshape it and use it to fit the needs of society without being blindly led by ready-made hardware. That's why we invent our own instruments, offer DIY kits, and organize workshops and courses. By teaching and running events, we encourage not only local folks’ individual involvement in music-making, but we also foster a sense of community and try to pass on our passion for electronic music-making."

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Čapek Instruments produces five-string, tenor and specialty banjos, mandolins and other related instruments such as mandolas, mandocellos.
A great many well known and lesser heralded musicians are now playing Čapek instruments, including Ricky Skaggs who owns several. The list of other musicians include David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Andy Statman and Radim Zenkl.

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We have been designing and building guitars for nearly 40 years. We love our job. Guitar making is our passion. We draw on extensive knowledge and experience gained over the last four decades to create top-quality instruments that win the hearts of countless outstanding guitar players around the world. But that’s only a part of our role. We constantly strive to improve the quality of Furch guitars by devising state-of-the-art solutions that go beyond the current limits of guitar making.

Sound
Sound is the most important consideration for Furch guitars. Making good-sounding instruments has been our main objective since 1981. The excellent acoustic qualities of Furch guitars are the result of state-of-the art technologies and proprietary production processes combined with the use of the best available tonewoods, harvested in strict observance of responsible environmental practices.

Tonewoods
Furch guitars are made from the highest quality premium tonewoods with certified origin. We pay meticulous attention to the selection of tonewoods, and the same care is taken in subsequent processing, which includes drying, sorting, and various other tasks. Thanks to fine-tuned wood processing methods, we are able to produce exceptional guitars that charm listeners with outstanding sound and attractive looks.

Craftsmanship
Every Furch guitar is crafted with accurate precision and maximum attention to detail. Our manufacturing process includes a number of proprietary technologies that rely on expertise we’ve accumulated over the course of four decades. Furch guitars are handmade with the help of machines we have designed to achieve unsurpassed quality.

Innovation
We are a technological pioneer committed to pushing the limits of guitar making regarding sound, precision, and manufacturing technologies. Furch guitars are the choice of some of the most discerning players from around the world who profit from our technological innovations, such as soundboard voicing, proprietary UV finish that enhances acoustic properties, or the Furch CNR System®, our revolutionary neck reinforcement design.

Support
Furch guitars and their owners deserve the best available care. All our guitars are covered by an extended three-year warranty and come with lifetime support. This way, your guitar will stay in top shape and will be the source of enjoyment throughout your life. Repair and maintenance services can be obtained from the network of Furch authorized dealers.

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HALLVAD is a small company mainly focused on custom-bulit and handmade production of solid-wood drums. These drums are equippped with wooden hoops and mostly wooden shells too. We manufacture drums from carefully chosen materials by the technology of glued vertical solid blocks, and practically from any wooden types. Thanks to this technology only a small amount of glue is used during the manufacture, which enables the natural sound spectrum of solid wood to come out, and without any limitations (unlike to the technology of layered thin-walled materials).

We made also modifications and repases of older drums; we provide them with wooden hoops, which have warm-hearted woody sound and much more possibilities of delicate tuning comparing to metal hoops, or new surface modifications.

An individual attitude to every musician is regarded as a fully 100%-commonplace. We make a great effort to satisfy even ´´the most crazy´´ requirements.

Among our customers we have drummers of all possible music styles from jazz to metal. Every drum from our production is an absolute original; in spite of this, all our products resemble one another mainly by their ability to go with the requirements of every player extra. Thanks to massive body, the tuning gamut is really wide and so everybody finds his sound.

We believe that the Hallvad products will give you exactly what they should – refined rapaciousness, extravagance veiled in an elegant robe, harsh and silky tone at the same time.

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Hanuš & Heřt Drums is a small handicraft workshop, specializing primarily in the production of "small drums" from solid wood. We also produce a limited amount of complete drum kits to order from solid wood. The aim of our workshop is to produce truly original instruments with an unmistakable sound and appearance. That is why all parts of the instruments are designed and manufactured in our company. Decades of experience in production and sales confirm that this traditional craft approach is correct and that professional musicians especially appreciate the sound properties and appearance of our instruments, especially the powerful projection, excellent sensitivity and color of the sound, as well as a beautiful and unmistakable sound when playing rimshot and crosstick.

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