Our Story

H.TONART V.B.CO. The first high-end specialty store for European stringed instruments in Hong Kong. Violins, bows, stringed instrument accessories, and stringed instrument repairs.

Began visiting professional musical instrument companies in Japan and Taiwan markets.

Established a dedicated musical instrument trading wholesale company in Guangzhou, China (Guangzhou Modern Musical Instrument Co., Ltd.).

• Established a branch of Modern Musical Instrument in Wangfujing Capital Theater in Beijing, China.
• Acquired the China agency rights for Japanese brands Aria, PickBoy, Arion, Peral, etc.

Collaborated with a Taiwanese company to explore the establishment of a musical instrument production factory in China.

Invested in a private classical guitar factory in Guangzhou (Qian Ge Musical Instrument Factory).

• Responded to an invitation from the Guangdong Foreign Economic and Trade Department to promote investment in Hong Kong and established a wholly-owned factory in Guangzhou, China, becoming the first foreign company to enter China with foreign capital and European classical guitar production technology. (Kanzuka Musical Instrument Industrial Co., Ltd.)
• Registered in Hong Kong as (Bow Art Industrial Co., Ltd.).

• Started developing and producing folk guitars.
• Established a cooperative manufacturing partnership for classical guitars in Spain.

• The state-owned Beijing Craft Guitar Production Standardization and Testing Company adopted Kanzuka classical guitars as the standard values for guitar production across China.
• Became the exclusive general agent for Japan’s Hoshino Corporation in China (TAMA, IBANEZ).

Introduced the four-stringed ukulele series to global distributors for the first time at the American Musical Instrument Exhibition.

The Hong Kong company began developing CNC computer operations for use in instrument production.

Explored the development of the UA paint system.

The U.S. financial crisis.

Became the agent for the American brand WAIKIKI UK.

Became the agent for the Canadian brand K.

• The first factory in the country adopted a large quantity of Italian-made ukuleles for use in the entire ukulele series.
• Invited to visit the specialized instrument production industrial park in Guizhou Province.

• Acquired the agency rights for the Hawaiian brand kamaka in China.
• Became the exclusive general agent for the Hawaiian brand kanile’a in China.

• Invited to discuss setting up a factory with the Hunan Yongzhou Investment Promotion Bureau.
• Developed LED/UV water-based paint.
• Established the second factory in Guizhou, China (Phase I project covering 1,300,000 square feet).