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.
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.
The E20-OM is a wonderful all solid acoustic guitar made by EASTMAN. It is equipped with a best quality Adirondack spruce top / selected solid Indian Rosewood back and sides / Ebony fretboard / Gotoh Vintage tuning machines / High gloss finish. Special features: Superb dynamic range / perfect response / warm and brilliant sound.  Optimum adjustment in our own workshop. As a set including original hardcase.
Optimum adjustment in our own workshop. As a set including original hardcase.