Sabine, Inc. began as a guitar repair/flute manufacturing shop in 1971 in Gainesville, Florida. it was founded by Doran Oster, a graduate of the University of Florida's School of Engineering. The company added accessories and guitars to the retail store's inventory and with a special attention to customer service, Sabine Music Center soon became the largest music and instrument retailer in North Central Florida. Oster refocused the company back to manufacturing with the invention of the "best capo ever made." Emphasis on manufacturing continued with the introduction of the company's first electronic product, the MT-4001 quartz metronome. Sabine introduced its first tuner, the ST-1000, in 1987, and by 1990 it became the best-selling chromatic tuner in the United States. By the 2000s the company had shifted focus to concentrate on their a range of wireless microphone systems. In 2014 Sabine Inc was acquired by ClearOne

Source: Sabine Inc website (archived 2004)