Matth. Hohner AG

At the company location in Bad Berleburg, 90 employees manufacture rhythm and percussion instruments with an international reputation. For the entire
staff, the commitment to provide musicians everywhere with instruments of the highest quality is both a challenge and an obligation.
SONOR managing director Karl-Heinz Menzel with Steve Smith,
drummer of the successful prog rock band Journey.
SOnOR Bad Berleburg, Germany
(SOnOR GmbH & CO. KG)
"Rhythm is at the source of all musical experience.
As is the art of bringing sound to life."
Rhythm is part of our daily life. It is the pulse that drives us, the steady
beat that provides vitality and motion. Percussion instruments are basic
elements of our musical culture. The history of SOnOR mirrors the
excitement of historical and entrepreneurial challenges, in the same way
that rhythm is linked to musical creativity and complexity. But throughout
all the decades of SOnOR history there remains one underlying theme: an
uncompromising commitment to quality and craftsmanship, dedicated to
the Player.
In 1875 Johannes link, a trained wood turner and tanner, started a small
workshop for simple military drums and drum heads in Weissenfels an
der Saale in Eastern Germany. From these modest beginnings developed
a flourishing business, which at the turn of the century already offered a
comprehensive range of percussion instruments. Around 1925 SOnOR had
145 employees and was one of the largest businesses of its kind. In 1946,
SOnOR relocated to Bad Berleburg-Aue in West Germany and started a
new phase in the history of the company.
Through consistent transfer of know-how and global thinking, SOnOR
is served today by 120 suppliers from 13 countries and creates its
quality products in production facilities in China and Germany. Today 90
employees work at the company headquarters in Bad Berleberg-Aue.
Our international distribution network currently markets SOnOR's highly
competitive products in about 80 countries around the globe.
SONOR managing director Stefan Althoff
with the Götz Alsmann Band.
SONOR staff with jazz virtuoso Jojo Mayer.
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