Prototype Adamas Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1973-1974
name: label: maker
content: Ovation Instruments Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This production prototype for the Adamas model of guitars was made by Ovation Instruments Inc., a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation in Bloomfield, Connecticut, around 1973-1974. The Kaman Corporation, founded by Charles Kaman, had great success in aerospace engineering. Kaman, a dedicated guitar enthusiast, founded Ovation Instruments, Inc. and applied some of the engineering discoveries to manufacture an acoustic guitar that could be sonically improved by modifying its shape and construction. Patents granted to Kaman include, a sound board for stringed instruments #3,880,040, guitar construction #4,056,034, and a stringed musical instrument body #4,090,427.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Bloomfield
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Guitars
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles H. Kaman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0818.02
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0818.02
label: accession number
content: 1979.0818
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/8 in x 15 3/4 in x 5 3/8 in; 35.8775 cm x 40.005 cm x 13.6525 cm