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Amati-Kraslice drum set & percussion export catalog brochure, 1970s

The Czechoslovak government relied on the musical instrument industry to get hard currency from abroad, and it was also a main supplier in the Eastern Bloc. After World War II, Kraslice (Graslitz) instrument makers Bohland & Fuchs, Hüttl, Kohlert, and others combined into a cooperative named Amati. The new communist government nationalized the cooperative and added firms like Červený, Lidl, and others not currently under that umbrella. Many of the aforementioned imprints and firms still survive within private entities, but Amati-Kraslice discontinued drum manufacturing in the 1990s. This drum set & percussion catalog is not explicitly dated, but the instrument designs, known trade names, and similar brochures dated 1976 indicate this was likely produced in the 1970s. The use of German and English text, as well as the mention of the music export corporation, show that it was for export purposes. Other export brochures have Russian text.

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