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Kay eventually subcontracted its amplifier production to Chicago music industry rival Valco in the 1950s.After the retirement of Kuhrmeyer in 1955, the company was taken over by Sidney M. The product line of Kay was shifted toward electric musical instruments on demands, and in 1964, the company moved to a new factory in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.Like their guitar manufacturing, the basses were hand crafted by skilled craftsmen using special ordered machinery.They even had a hot stamping machine that could emboss the trademark KAY cursive script.

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It was established in 1931 at Chicago, Illinois by Henry Kay Kuhrmeyer, from the assets of the former Stromberg-Voisinet, which was founded as Groeschel Mandolin Company in 1890.In addition to manufacturing instruments for sale under its own brands, Kay was also a prolific manufacturer of "house branded" guitars and folk instruments for other Chicago-based instrument makers and, at times, for major department stores including Sears and Montgomery Ward.