Amati-Denak

Amati-Denak is a manufacturer of wind and percussion instruments, parts, and accessories. Located in the
Czech Republic, their products include clarinets, flutes, bassoons, saxophones, trumpets, cornets,
flugelhorns, alto horns, mellophones, baritone horns, euphoniums, trombones, tubas, horns, and bugles.

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

Contents
Background
Products
Distribution
References
External links

Background
Before World War II, Kraslice (in German Graslitz) was a mostly German-speaking town in
Czechoslovakia. Kraslice housed 59 musical instrument manufacturers before WWII,[1] 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, most of the German-speaking population of Kraslice/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 Czechs) 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.[2] 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.[3] Amati provides tours where the visitors can see how the instruments are made from the
beginning stages to the end.[4]

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.[5]

Distribution
Amati-Denak distributes its products to the continents of Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.[6]

References
1. "History" (http://www.amati.cz/en/company/history). Amati. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
2. "Amati Philosophy" (http://www.amati.cz/en/company/philosophy). Amati. Retrieved 27 October
2013.
3. "Present" (http://www.amati.cz/en/company/present). Amati. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
4. "Amati Excursion" (http://www.amati.cz/en/company/excursion). Amati. Retrieved 27 October
2013.
5. "AMATI - Denak, s.r.o." (https://archive.is/20131028003139/http://www.amati-denak.cz.axis4inf
o.com/) AXIGON. Archived from the original (http://www.amati-denak.cz.axis4info.com) on 28
October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
6. "Dealers Amati" (http://www.amati.cz/en/dealers). Amati. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

External links
Geneva Instrument Group (http://s434355904.initial-website.co.uk/)
Company web site (http://www.amati.cz/)
History of Amati (http://www.saxontheweb.net/Resources/Amati-History.html)

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amati-Denak&oldid=940014158"

This page was last edited on 10 February 2020, at 01:38 (UTC).

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this
site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.