KMC Music is an owner and distributor of several brands of musical instruments. The company is currently a

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Exertis , JAM.

History

The company began as Kaman Music Corporation , a part of the

Kaman Corporation Kaman Corporation is an American aerospace company, with headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut. It was founded in 1945 by Charles Kaman. During the first ten years the company operated exclusively as a designer and manufacturer of several h ...

founded by Charles Kaman. In addition to his business interests in aviation, Kaman was a guitarist who came to explore the use of

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technologies in guitar building. He and his engineers created the round-backed, composite-body

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in 1966. In January 2008, Kaman Corporation sold Kaman Music Corporation to

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(FMIC) for $117 million. 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.
Abstract: The article discusses the merging of the sales and marketing forces of KMC Music and Musicorp under the KMCMusicorp banner. It notes how the new KMCMusicorp combined the best of both companies' product offerings into a new "1-Stop" catalog that has the most comprehensive range of products such as the Barcus-Berry, C.F. Martin and Dunlop. It indicates that dealers can enjoy KMCMusicorp's 24/7 state-of-the art online environment, more access to brands and streamlined shipping.
Abstract: The article reports that the sales and catalog divisions of KMC Music and Musicorp, sister companies under the Fender Musical Instruments Corp. (FMIC) umbrella, have joined forces as KMCMusicorp. In 2014, FMIC sold KMC's

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Percussion,

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, KAT Percussion, Ovation Guitars, and

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brands to

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. In February 2015, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation sold KMC to JAM Industries, which rebranded as Exertis , JAM in 2021.

Brands

Some of the companies that are currently subsidiaries of KMC are:Our brands
on KMC website, 13 Oct 2019

References

External links

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Exertis JAM website

NAMM.org: Oral History Library interview of Bill Kaman (2007)
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History

Brands

See also

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