How Gibson rescued Epiphone in the late-1950s

Guitar World. Graded secondary. Open the original.

Established guitar press. Names Gibson as buyer and CMI as setting up Epiphone Inc. of Kalamazoo. Publication date not captured. Excerpts verified verbatim against the live page 2026-10-15: C376. Not archived: the Directus URL import was refused by the site on 2026-10-15; a copy is still needed.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (CMI) owns Epiphone^[1]	1957–1969	Epiphone, Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (CMI)	once everything was on the move, CMI set up Epiphone Inc. of Kalamazoo.

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How Gibson rescued Epiphone in the late-1950sgraded secondary
- once everything was on the move, CMI set up Epiphone Inc. of Kalamazoo.Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (CMI) owns Epiphone, 1957–1969

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