Modest classical guitars, small steel-stringed acoustic guitars, mandolins and violins were built and marketed in the mid-1960s. In the early 1960s (or mid-1950s ), Matsumoku began to look into other woodworking markets when several subcontracts of Singer Corporation were moved to the Philippines and, as it had on its staff several skilled luthiers, ventured into guitar and violin production in 1963. Matsumoku also branched out into building cabinets for manufacturers of televisions and 'hi-fi' amplifiers. Singer contracted Matsumoku Industrial to build its sewing machine cabinets, and in 1951 Matsumoku became a partially owned subsidiary of Singer Japan. Shortly after the World War II (1939-1945), the Singer Corporation had established a Japanese subsidiary, Singer Sewing Machine Company Japan, and set up production facilities in Nagoya. It was a family-owned woodworking business that specialized in building tansu cabinets and butsudan.
In 1951, Matsumoku was founded as Matsumoto Mokkō ('Matsumoto Woodworking Company') by Mr. Established in 1951 as a woodworking and cabinetry firm, Matsumoku is remembered as a manufacturer of guitars and bass guitars, including some Epiphone and Aria guitars. Matsumoku Industrial was a Japanese manufacturing company based in Matsumoto, Nagano, between 19.
