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Corporate Name:: Ishibashi Music Corporation
Date of Foundation:: June, 1979
Inauguration of Business:: June, 1938
Capital Fund:: 3 hundred million yen (approximately 301 million USD)
President (CEO):: Kiyokazu Ishibashi
Employee number:: 436 (November, 2011)
Sales Amount:: 1,1156,000,000 JPY (approx. 138,877,136.00 USD) (End of the fiscal year, 2011)

Business Content:

Retail sales of musical instruments and music related products
[Categories]
Electric and acoustic guitars, Drum Kits, Synthesizers, Digital Pianos, Wind and Brass instruments, DJ gears, Professional Audio equipments, Recordings, Sound booths, Software, Music scores, books, Manuals and many other items related to music!
Merchandise development of private brand products
(Development plan, manufacturing, wholesale trade and retail sales of new instruments or related products)
Online Sales (Mail-order)
Operation of (Yamaha) Music Schools
Retail sales of second hand (used) instruments
Imports of musical instruments and related products
(Imports of overseas brand musical instruments and related products, Purchasing vintage and second hand instruments at a particular location, Developmental Import of private brand instruments from oversea subcontract factories)

Ishibashi Music Corp is an exclusive agent/importer and seller of the following overseas brand…

[Exclusive Agent]

AXL Musical Instruments Co. Ltd. Corp [AXL/Recording King] (USA): Categories: Amplifiers and Acoustic guitars
COR-TEK CORPORATION (SOUTH KOREA): Categories: Electric guitars and basses, Acoustic guitars)
Stick Enterprises, Inc. (USA): Category: Stick instruments)
Galli Musical Strings (Italy): Category: Strings for electric/acoustic guitars and basses)
Status Graphite (UK): Category: Electric bass guitars)
Caldwell Bennett Inc. (USA): Category: Musical Instrument Cables etc)
Conklin Guitars and Basses (USA): Category: Electric guitars and basses with more than 5 or 6 strings)
Curt Mangan Strings (USA): Category: Strings for electric guitars and basses)
Evidence Audio (USA): Category: Musical Instrument Cables etc)
Kenneth Lawrence Guitars (USA): Category: Electric bass guitars with more than 5 or 6 strings)
Mooradian Cover Company (USA): Category: Gig bags for string instruments)
U.S. Music Corp. [Washburn, Parker, Randall Amplifiers] (USA): Categories: Electric guitars, basses and acoustic guitars)
Murat Diril Cymbals (Turkey): Categories: Cymbals
Concert Music (China): Categories: Guitars
Merida Extrema (Spain): Categories: Classic and Acoustic guitars
Knaggs Guitars (U.S.A.): Categories: Electric and Acoustic guitars
VHT Amplification (U.S.A.): Categories: Amplifiers
FUCHS Audio Technology (U.S.A.): Categories: Amplifiers and Effect Pedals
Vibrato Saxophone (Thailand): Categories: Saxophone
Red Monkey (U.S.A.): Categories: Straps

Partner Companies

Yamaha Corporation

Roland Corporation

Yamano Music Co., Ltd

Gibson Guitar Corporation Japan

Kanda Shokai Corporation

KORG INC.

Banking Relationship

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

SHOKO CHUKIN BANK

Chiba Bank

Tokyo Tomin Bank

Store Location

Please refer to the following web page for more information.

Corporate History

1938	June	Ishibashi begin operation as a small shop handling musical instruments in Suruga-dai, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku.
1950		Ishibashi changes its name as “Ishibashi Music”
1953	January	With a capital fund of 300 thousand yen, “Ishibashi Music S/A” is established.
1973	March	With a capital 10 million yen, “Ishibashi Music S/A” reorganize as “Ishibashi Music Corporation.”
1973	April	“Rock Side” opens in Ochanomizu. Tokyo, which is specialized in digital musical instruments.
1976	April	“Shibuya” branch opens in Shibuya Koen St.
1979	February	“Keyboard Mart” branch opens in Ochanomizu
1981	February	“Shinjuku” branch opens near Isetan Department Building in Shinjuku St.
1983	June	Add capital stock to 40 million yen.
1986	April	“Ikebukuro” branch opens in Ikebukuro Sunshine Street.
1988	January	“Yokohama” branch opens in Kanagawa prefecture.
1988	June	Add capital stock to 1 hundred million yen.
1989	November	“Shinsaibashi” branch opens in Osaka prefecture.
1991	October	“Shinsaibashi” branch re-opens in Shinsaibashi Parco department building.
1994	March	“Ikebukuro” branch re-opens in Ikebukuro P’Parco department building.
1995	July	“Shibuya” branch re-opens in Capri Building.
1996	September	Ishibashi Web Shop opens.
1997	December	“Kawagoe” branch opens in Saitama prefecture.
1998	October	“Tsudanuma” branch opens in Chiba prefecture.
1999	March	“Machida” branch opens in Machida City, Tokyo.
2000	April	Add capital fund to 125 million yen.
	October	“Kobe Sannomiya” branch opens in Hyogo prefecture.
	November	“Nagoya Sakae” branch opens in Aichi prefecture.
2001	November	“Ochanomizu Book Side” branch reopens and “1 Kaitori Center” opens in Ochanomizu. 1 Kaitori Center: A place where we buy used (second hand) instruments from our customers.
2003	June	“Yokohama” branch reopens with floor space expanded.
2004	November	“Shibuya” branch reopens in Shibuya BEAM building with floor space expanded.
2005	April	“Nagoya Sakae” branch reopens in Skyle department store building. “Lesson” (A Music School for Grown-ups) begin a series of musical instrument lessons.
2005	October	“Umeda” branch opens in Nu Chayamachi department building of Osaka.
2007	March	“Kawagoe” branch opens inside Kawagoe Modi department store building with floor space expanded. “Lesson” begins series of musical instrument lessons for grown-ups at the same time.
	September	“Tachikawa” branch opens in Tokyo.
	October	“Machida” branch reopens inside Machida Jorna department store building.
2008	May	"Ikebukuro" branch reopens on the 7th floor of P'PARCO department building.
2009	August	All stores in the Ochanomizu area reopens.
2009	October	"Shibuya WEST" (Drums/Used Wind and Brass musical instrument shop) opens on the 2nd floor of ASSORTI building.
2010	March	"Fukuoka-parco" branch opens in Fukuoka.
2011	April	Shinsaibashi branch reopens in America-mura.
2011	October	Umeda branch reopens.

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