First Act
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| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Key people
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Bernard Chiu (Chairman |
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Number of employees
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50 (2015) |
| Website | http://firstact.com |
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First Act is a musical instrument manufacturer, which produces guitars, bass guitars, guitar and bass accessories, drum sets, percussion instruments, and amplifiers. First Act's drum sets come in a variety of styles, ranging from simple, beginner sets, to eight-piece medial sets. The company also manufactures products for children's musical education which at one time included a line of student-line clarinets, saxophones, and trumpets.
First Act has offices in Boston, Bentonville, Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The company also made limited edition guitars, which were made by hand by luthiers in a custom shop in Somerville, MA.
In 2010 The Music Trades magazine ranked First Act at 53rd in The World's Top 225 Music & Audio Firms with an estimated annual revenue of $ 68 million.
In July 2016 Alleghany Capital Corporation (“Alleghany Capital”), a subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation, today announced that its subsidiary, Jazwares, LLC (“Jazwares”), a leading toy and consumer electronics company, through an affiliate, has acquired the musical products business of First Act Inc. (“First Act”).
First Act Discovery is a line of musical products for children ages 3 to 9. This line consists of many plastic music-making products including acoustic guitars, drums, electronic drum pads, tambourines, recorders, keyboards and electronic button controlled guitars. The line also has some novel plastic microphone products. Many of these products are also available with licensed sounds and graphics from Disney and Nickelodeon including characters from Toy Story, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, Disney Fairies, Disney Princesses, SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer.
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