Samick Musical Instruments: version 1

Saved 2026-09-25 04:30 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the Samick CR1 Corsair bass in black (UPC 000888879149), a wanted barcode. The 8th Street Music listing prints the UPC and gives the market, price and status. The archived Greg Bennett Guitars C. This is the current version.

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# Samick Musical Instruments <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Samick Musical Instruments
summary: South Korean maker of pianos and guitars, founded in 1958 as Samick Pianos and listed on the Korea Exchange.
legal_name: Samick Musical Instruments Co., Ltd.
country: KR
founded: 1958
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind   | address               | country | source     | note                                                                      |
| ---- | ------ | --------------------- | ------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|      | plant  | Cileungsi, near Bogor | ID      | ^samick-wp | P.T. Samick factory, built in 1992; it makes most Samick instruments.     |
|      | office | Gallatin, Tennessee   | US      | ^samick-wp | North American headquarters and distribution centre, completed July 2007. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                 | type  | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Samick Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. | legal | en     |      |       |
| 삼익악기                                 | name  | ko     |      |       |
| Samick Pianos                        | name  |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref       | url                                  | title             | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| samick-wp | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samick | Wikipedia: Samick | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |         |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Samick Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. is a South Korean musical instrument maker listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX: 002450). It was founded in 1958 as Samick Pianos.[^samick-wp] Besides its own Samick brand, it makes pianos under names such as Wm. Knabe & Co., Kohler & Campbell and Seiler, and guitars under Greg Bennett, Silvertone, Stony River and San Mateo.[^samick-wp]

Samick took over most of Matsumoku's OEM guitar contracts when that Japanese maker closed in 1987. It has built guitars for Squier, Epiphone and Washburn, and it built Kramer guitars for Gibson from 1998 until 2009.[^samick-wp] In 1990 it set up its own guitar brand and worked with designers including the American luthier Greg Bennett.[^samick-wp] It bought the German piano maker Seiler in 2008. In 2010 it held 32% of Steinway Musical Instruments.[^samick-wp]
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