Musik Meyer adds newly-expanded UK brass specialist

Germany’s Musik Meyer has taken on distribution of the newly enlarged Geneva Group’s wind instrument range in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Poland following Geneva’s acquisition of Czech manufacturer, Amati.

The purchase of Amati has enabled Geneva to add several new brand names to its Group portfolio which now includes Geneva Instruments, Amati-Denak, VF Cerveny, Oldroyd Cardinal, Blow Monkey Saxophones, Boosey & Hawkes Musical Instruments and Verbier Mouthpieces.

Tim Oldroyd, founder and CEO of Geneva, said: “We started buying parts from Amati-Denak around eight years ago and we developed an outstanding link together, which eventually saw them build and finish our Geneva Instruments. We were keen to make the link more permanent and have now done that with the purchase.

“Amati has fantastic workers with wonderful skills allied to a great work ethic, determination and passion for the brands they produce. This is a world class company in Kraslice with talent that has been passed down through generations.”

Founded by Oldroyd in 2000, Geneva exports to Europe and the US and supports the UK’s National Brass Band championships at the Royal Albert Hall and also the German 3BA Concert Band and several brass band competitions across Europe.