Harmony guitars in the 2010s

Through the 2010s, BandLab Technologies and Holders of the Harmony name after 1975 (unverified) controlled the Harmony name, and 3 plants built it: Harmony import line builder (disputed origin; China per blog), Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building) and Westheimer reissue builder (unverified).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

4 eras touch the 2010s across 3 lines. The version changed in 2017 and 2018. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Harmony.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
2010	Holders of the Harmony name after 1975 (unverified)	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)^{[7, 8, 9, 6]}
2011	Holders of the Harmony name after 1975 (unverified)	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)^{[7, 8, 9, 6]}
2012	Holders of the Harmony name after 1975 (unverified)	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)^{[7, 8, 9, 6]}
2013	Holders of the Harmony name after 1975 (unverified)	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)^{[7, 8, 9, 6]}
2014	Holders of the Harmony name after 1975 (unverified)	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)^{[7, 8, 9, 6]}
2015	Holders of the Harmony name after 1975 (unverified)	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)^{[7, 8, 9, 6]}
2016	Holders of the Harmony name after 1975 (unverified)	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)^{[7, 8, 9, 6]}
2017	BandLab Technologies	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 6]}	yes
2018	BandLab Technologies	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified), Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building), Harmony import line builder (disputed origin; China per blog)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5]}	yes
2019	BandLab Technologies	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified), Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building), Harmony import line builder (disputed origin; China per blog)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5]}

Eras in the 2010s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Harmony Standard Series (import)	2018–2021	BandLab Technologies	Harmony import line builder (disputed origin; China per blog)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
Harmony USA (BandLab/Vista)	2018–2021	BandLab Technologies	Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 6]}
Harmony Westheimer reissues	2000–2017	Holders of the Harmony name after 1975 (unverified)	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)	unverified^{[7, 8, 9, 6]}
Harmony Westheimer reissues	2017–2021	BandLab Technologies	Westheimer reissue builder (unverified)	unverified^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 6]}

Other brands in the 2010s

Harmony, year by year

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Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1
A brief history of Harmony guitarsgraded secondary
- "in 2018… Harmony was reborn as part of the BandLab Technologies portfolio"Harmony in the 2010s: owners and plants
2
Harmony acquires Stella Guitarsgraded secondary
- the Singaporean conglomerate that acquired the rights to, and subsequently relaunched, Harmony in late 2017, along with Teisco.Harmony in the 2010s: owners and plants
3
Singapore's BandLab Technologies rebrands as Caldecott Music Groupgraded secondary
- Vista Musical Instruments, CMG's manufacturing and retail division, includes the instrument brands MONOHarmony in the 2010s: owners and plants
4
NAMM 2018: Harmony guitars back, along with new ampsgraded secondary
- However, we do know that BandLab Technologies, the same company that has relaunched Teisco, is behind the Harmony brand now.Harmony in the 2010s: owners and plants
5
Harmony guitars import line (blog, 2020)graded community
- "The guitars are now made in China."Harmony in the 2010s: owners and plants
6
Harmony Companygraded community
- "USA made Harmony Guitars are built in Kalamazoo, Michigan by the Heritage Guitar Company"Harmony in the 2010s: owners and plants
- "briefly imported 'reissue' Harmony guitars"Harmony in the 2010s: owners and plants
7
Harmony history threadgraded community
- "ceased in 1975, and sold the Harmony name"Harmony in the 2010s: owners and plants
8
Harmony historygraded community
- The Harmony trademark and all intellectual property was acquired in 2009 by Westheimer corpoaration in Northbrook, IL.Harmony in the 2010s: owners and plants
9
HARMONY trademark registration 71688732graded primary
- GLOBAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CO., INC., A DIVISION OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADE CONSULTANTS, LTD.Harmony in the 2010s: owners and plants

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