Private company
Oscar Schmidt Inc.
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Musical instrument manufacturer
Oscar Schmidt was a musical instrument manufacturing company established in 1871. During its long existence, Oscar Schmidt has produced a wide range of string instruments, not only guitars but also numerous models of parlour instruments such as autoharps, celtic harps, guitar zithers, the "guitarophone" (a zither/metal-disc playing hybrid), marxophones and bowed psalteries (or "ukelins").2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Oscar Schmidt was a musical instrument manufacturing company established in 1871. During its long existence, Oscar Schmidt has produced a wide range of string instruments, not only guitars but also numerous models of parlour instruments such as autoharps, celtic harps, guitar zithers, the "guitarophone" (a zither/metal-disc playing hybrid), marxophones and bowed psalteries (or "ukelins").2
Timeline
- 1871Founded Founded1
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- WikipediaOscar Schmidt Inc.
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- WikidataQ7106247
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