Founded in 1871 in Jersey City by brothers Oscar and Otto Schmidt, Oscar Schmidt is the brand that put affordable, well-built stringed instruments into the hands of country, blues, and Appalachian musicians across rural America for over a century. The company is now part of U.S. Music Corporation alongside Washburn. The catalog spans autoharps (where Oscar Schmidt is the dominant name in the category — from the OS15B Berkshire through the premium Centurion, Adirondack, and Americana), full-size acoustic and acoustic-electric guitars including the popular OG10CE in eight finishes, classical and electric guitars, basses, mandolins (A-style and F-style), banjos, the four NEW 2026 Latin guitars (Requinto, Bajo Quinto, Bajo Sexto, Cuatro), and one of the broadest ukulele lineups in the industry. Victory Musical is an authorized Oscar Schmidt dealer.