The Oscar Schmidt Company was founded in 1871 and incorporated in 1911. By the early 1900s, the company had five factories in Europe and a factory on Ferry Street in Jersey City. They made all kinds of stringed instruments, guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, zithers, and Autoharps.
Today at Oscar Schmidt, premium woods, quality hardware and modest prices create an ideal instrument. Each is inspected and adjusted in the USA by a skilled technician, your assurance for smooth fret ends, precision low action and resonant sound quality. Unequalled standards in easy playing comfort and tone response creates the perfect value.... Oscar Schmidt.
The Oscar Schmidt OU2 Concert Ukulele offers a lively full body that resonates with sparkling highs and warm lows. The OU2 is crafted with a satin finish mahogany body, geared tuners, and a bound mahogany neck for brilliant sound at an affordable price. While very affordable, these wonderful instruments produce a rich welcome to the love of playing a ukulele!