Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1999-05-28
2000-03-07
Nappi, Robert E.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
84267, 84290, G10D 300
Patent
active
060343095
ABSTRACT:
A method of manufacturing an acoustic guitar having a pre-finished resin laminate soundboard, sidewall and backboard. The contoured sidewall of the guitar is provided by a relatively flexible strip of the laminate material which is formed into a loop-shaped preform before being positioned within a multi-part fixture. The fixture is closed on the preform to conform the shape of the preform into a contoured shape. Subsequently, ribbon linings, a soundboard and a backboard are adhesively secured to the preform to complete the assembly of the hollow body portion of the acoustic guitar. Since he laminate material is pre-finished, numerous time consuming finishing steps typically preformed in known methods are eliminated.
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Currently pending U.S. Patent Application 09/111,102 filed on Jul. 6, 1998 invented by Timothy A. Teel and assigned to C.F. Martin & Company, Inc.
"C.F. Martin & Co. Unveils Innovative & Economical `DXM` Dreadnought", The Sounding Board, The Official Newsletter of the Martin Guitar Company, vol. 5, Jul. 1998, p. 4.
Finocchio Frank
Teel Timothy A.
C.F. Martin & Company, Inc.
Hsieh Shih-yung
Nappi Robert E.
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