Československé hudební nástroje

Československé hudební nástroje, oborový podník (Czechoslovak Musical Instruments, specialized business)[1] was — during the era of communist Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1992 — a state owned music instrument manufacturing company headquartered in Hradec Králové.

The company name was later amended — "Československé hudební nástroje, státní podnik" — to reflect ownership by the government.

In the 1970s, 50% of its musical instrument export products were supplied to the Soviet Union.

[2] The nationalized companies and brands included Petrof, Amati, Červený, Cremona, Rieger-Kloss, Delicia, Jolana, and Tofa.

"[4] Czechoslovak Musical Instruments was the founding sponsor of the Prague International Jazz Festival and underwrote it until 1970, when the Ministry of Culture took over.