Tokai Gakki Company, Ltd. (東海楽器製造株式会社), often referred to as Tokai Guitars, is a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer situated in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka prefecture. Tokai is one of Japan's leading companies in the business. The company was founded in 1947 by Tadayouki Adachi and remained family-owned[1] until 2021.[2]
Although Tokai currently focuses on electric and acoustic guitars, basses and autoharps (called "chromaharp"),[3] the company manufactured other instruments such as melodicas, pianos and guitar amplifiers in the past.
History
Tokai began in 1947, as a harmonica and piano manufacturer. It developed its first melodica, the Pianica, in 1961. Tokai began making banjos and harpsichords in 1973 and the electric piano in 1975.