Amati-Denak is a manufacturer of

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and

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s, parts, and accessories. Located in the

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, their products include clarinets, flutes, bassoons,

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s, cornets, flugelhorns,

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s, mellophones, baritone horns,

euphonium The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word ''euphōnos'', meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ( ''eu'' means "well" o ...

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

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s, horns, and

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s. Geneva Instruments have announced that they have become the new owners of the Czech Republic musical instrument company Amati-Denak.

Background

Before World War II, the town of Kraslice was mostly German-speaking, like the rest of Sudetenland. It was also known in German as Graslitz. Kraslice housed 59 musical instrument manufacturers before WWII, among them Hüller & Co, Bohland & Fuchs, A.K. Hüttl, and Julius Keilwerth. During the war, much of the manufacturing capacity was converted to war-time use, and others had to halt production. After the war, the newly restored government of President Beneš aimed to make the Czechoslovak state entirely Slavic, and initiated a large scale expulsion of ethnic Germans. Most of the German-speaking population of Graslitz was expelled to Germany. Some of the expelled instrument makers would continue their business in other places, like the Musikwinkel of Germany. Meanwhile, the remaining musical instrument manufacturers in Kraslice (now mostly ethnic

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) were organized into a cooperative of musical instrument manufacturers. The cooperative was named Amati after the famous family of violin makers. It would in 1948 come to be nationalized by the newly elected communist regime, along with all other manufacturing and agriculture. Amati was privatized in 1993 and is now one of the largest instrument manufacturers in Europe. The company owns the ''Amati'', ''Stowasser'' and '' V. F. Červený & Söhne'' brands, which used to be independent companies themselves. Amati currently has around 200 employees. The main factory of the company is located in the western part of the Czech Republic in Kraslice. The second factory is located in Hradec Králové. Amati provides tours where the visitors can see how the instruments are made from the beginning stages to the end. Geneva Instruments have announced that they have become the new owners of the Czech Republic musical instrument company Amati-Denak.

Products

Amati-Denak manufactures wind musical instruments, clarinets, trumpets, flutes, bassoons, saxophones, tubas, woodwinds, cases, stands, and other accessories.

Distribution

Amati-Denak distributes its products to the continents of Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

References

External links

Geneva Instrument Group

Company web site

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