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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Timothy A Teel, Lehighton, PA (US);
Frank Finocchio, Easton, PA (US);
C.F. Martin & Company, Inc., Nazareth, PA (US);
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.