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.
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.