Backstory: I am a vegan musician. I recently had a conversation with another user on here after I had mentioned musical instruments and how they have historically used animal products. A lot of manufacturers have now switched to all plant based components but it is very very unclear as to who exactly is vegan friendly or not.
I have decided to attempt to create a spreadsheet detailing which instrument manufacturers are vegan-friendly or not.
These are the ones I have found answers to:
Fender - Seemingly yes
Bedell - Yes
Martin - Not vegan, uses animal-derived glue
Taylor - Yes
Moondot - Yes
Fishman - Some models are definitely vegan, have not found a definitive answer for their entire range
Steinway - Yes
Baldwin - Yes
Ludwig - Seemingly yes
Evans - Yes
Remo - Yes
Gibson - Not sure, I have found something about them using oysters(what?) in their guitars but this is about 20 years old so not sure if anything has changed
Incredibow - Yes
Cardiff Violins - Yes
Franz Hoffmann - No
T Sonada - Yes
If anyone has any knowledge of other vegan/non-vegan manufacturers to add to the sheet, preferably with a source, please let me know. If you find that any of the info above is incorrect then again please let me know.
Could you include proof? if theyre email screenshots or too much for a lemmy post maybe you could link to a file hosting site and host a zip?
I am including all of the proof and links in the spreadsheet I'm drawing up. This post is just an appeal for additional info for now.
Thank you, I have seen there is little information collated about vegan instruments, this could be one of the only sources on the english internet for this
I think it's likely to end up being the most complete. I will continue to research and add to the sheet when I can, if other people want to help that's great.
Of course! Always happy to try and help people make more ethical choices, especially when it comes to things like musical instruments where the issue is so muddy.
Of course!! This is something that gets brushed over a lot in music spaces to the point where I have been unable to find literally anything online like what I'm creating, at least not on the English or Spanish parts of the internet. This is probably going to take a lot of effort and is likely to never be exhaustive but I think it's worth it in the end.
Update: Spreadsheet is going well, have managed to find info about a lot of different brands. Will post the actual sheet within the next week or so
Spoiler alert: If you want to be a vegan musician, be a drummer lol
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I am now looking into woodwind and violin manufacturers. Assuming nothing comes up I will hopefully have the sheet ready either today or tomorrow.
