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 MokkÅ ("Matsumoto Woodworking Company") by Mr.
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