Adamas Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1978-1979
name: label: maker
content: Ovation Instruments Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This Adamas guitar, serial #652-93, was made by Ovation Instruments Inc., a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation in Bloomfield, Connecticut, around 1978-1979. The Adamas guitar was introduced in 1976, and took seven years and 186 modifications to complete. This six course (6x1) guitar, model #1187-8 is made with a fibronic soundboard (carbon graphite and birch), rounded fiberglass back, carved black walnut bridge, walnut neck, and sculptured headpiece. To improve the aesthetics of the guitar, Ovation created a special finish with bronze highlights in blue, beige, red or brown, for stage lights and reflectivity.
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: 1979.0818.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0818.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0818
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 in x 16 in x 6 in; 106.68 cm x 40.64 cm x 15.24 cm