In 1992, Qian Ni, who had come to the United States from China to study music, founded Eastman Strings. In the beginning, he and his two musician colleagues bought instruments from Western-trained violin makers from their home town in China, but before long, they saw that a different approach was needed.

Mr. Ni hired a group of established master violinmakers, and with their help, he established a large master violin workshop devoted to the handcrafting of instruments—one of the first the world had known since the first half of the 20th century. In the short time since this workshop was founded, the reputation of Eastman Strings’ instruments for tonal quality and craftsmanship excellence has become a worldwide standard.

After establishing the instrument making workshop, Qian Ni went on to found a bow making workshop based on the same principals. In both workshops, master makers train and oversee talented woodworkers to create some of the world’s finest student, step-up, and professional instruments and bows. Today, the instrument and bow making workshops of Eastman Strings operate in precisely the same manner as late 19th century European workshops. They have virtually no power tools aside from the band saws used to cut out the necks and the outlines of the tops and backs of instruments. Chisels, knives, gouges, and scrapers, in the hands of outstandingly gifted craftspeople, are the primary tools used to create these modern instruments and bows, using methods centuries old.

Thanks to Eastman Strings, string players today have advantages unknown to earlier generations: quality instruments, bows, and cases available world-wide at affordable prices. Eastman Strings had been accepted as high quality handcrafted instruments, so Mr. Ni identified the need for hand crafted arch top guitars at an affordable price. Following the same good practices established by the violin shop, a studied approach was applied to the arch top guitar. Numerous vintage models were studied and the first guitars were built by the most gifted staff of the shop.

The results exceeded expectations and became an immediate hit among players of all levels. Rapidly Eastman was established as an extremely high quality- high value, affordable arch top guitar manufacturer. It was only logical that Eastman continued to branch out into the mandolin family of instruments, various electric guitars and flat top acoustic guitars. All products have been highly regarded by players and used everywhere from homes to major concert stages internationally.

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Eastman ACOM2 Orchestra Model Acoustic, Natural

Eastman ACTG2E Travel Electro Acoustic, Sapele

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Eastman AC120 Dreadnought Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC122 Grand Auditorium Acoustic, Natural

Eastman ACTG1 Travel Acoustic, Natural

2 Series

Eastman AC220CE Dreadnought Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC222CE Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman ACDR1 Dreadnought Acoustic, Natural

Eastman ACDR2 Dreadnought Acoustic, Sapele

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Eastman AC320 Dreadnought Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC320 Dreadnought Acoustic, Natural, Left Handed

Eastman AC320CE Dreadnought Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC320CE Dreadnought Electro Acoustic, Natural, Left Handed

Eastman AC322 Grand Auditorium Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC322CE Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC330-12 Jumbo 12-String Acoustic, Natural

Eastman ACGA1CE Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman ACOM1 Orchestra Model Acoustic, Natural

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Eastman AC420 Dreadnought Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC422 Grand Auditorium Acoustic, Natural

5 Series

Eastman AC508CE Grand Concert Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC522CE Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic, Natural

6 Series

Eastman AC622CE Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC630CE Jumbo Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC630CE-12 Jumbo 12-String Electro Acoustic, Natural

7 Series

Eastman AC708CE Grand Concert Electro Acoustic, Natural

Classical Guitars

Eastman AR372CE Performance Archtop, Sunburst

Eastman AR405E Performance Archtop, Sunburst

Electric Guitars

Eastman AR371CE Performance Archtop, Blonde

Eastman AR371CE Performance Archtop, Classic

Eastman AR371CE Performance Archtop, Sunburst

Eastman AR380CE John Pisano Archtop, Honeyburst

Eastman AR405E Performance Archtop, Classic

Eastman AR503CE Performance Archtop, Classic

Eastman AR503CE Performance Archtop, Sunburst

Eastman AR580CE Performance Archtop, Blue

Eastman AR580CE Performance Archtop, Honeyburst

Eastman AR603CE-15 Jim Fisch Archtop, Classic

Eastman AR603CE-15 Jim Fisch Archtop, Sunburst

Eastman AR605CE Jim Fisch Archtop, Classic

Eastman AR605CE Jim Fisch Archtop, Sunburst

Eastman AR610CE Jim Fisch Archtop, Classic

Eastman AR610CE Jim Fisch Archtop, Sunburst

Electro-Acoustic Guitars

1 Series

Eastman AC120CE Dreadnought Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC120CE Dreadnought Electro Acoustic, Natural, Left Handed

Eastman AC122CE Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic, Natural

3 Series

Eastman ACGA2CE Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic, Sapele

4 Series

Eastman AC420CE Dreadnought Electro Acoustic, Natural

Eastman AC422CE Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic, Natural

8 Series

Eastman AC822CE-FF Grand Auditorium Multiscale Electro Acoustic, Fanned Fret, Natural