The Bamboo Grove, based in Shanghai, was a vision shared by a group of 2nd and 3rd generation luthiers. Having grown up through a period of mass commercialization and industrialization of the Chinese society, they wished to create instruments the way they used to be: Integrity in materials, meticulous in workmanship and lasting in legacy.
Their vision was supported by the most senior luthiers in the industry, who supported them with all the technical knowledge and experience they could.
The office in USA was started in 2013, with the primary aim of providing solutions for musicians of alternative music in the USA as well as forming an online database of oriental music scores, books and recordings. It would also serve as a platform to distribute works of musicians in the west.