The Ovation bowls: history and materials
I found this March 2002 post by Bill Kaman on the Ovation Fan Club forum. I save it here, just in case, because it’s precious.
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Ovation story: from Charlie Kaman to Bill to FMI to DW Drums
Ovation guitars deeply influenced the American music in the last quarter of the Twentieth Century. From 1966 to 2007 Ovation guitars has been a brand of KMC Musicorp, a subsidiary of Kaman Aircraft founded by Charlie Kaman. In 2008 KMC Musicorp (therefore Ovation brand) was sold to . . .
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Charlie Kaman: the ingenious crazy splinter
Charlie Kaman is the ingenious crazy splinter in the history of the American guitar. Extraordinary character, scientist, businessman, inventor, Charlie leaves a precious heritage of contamination, creativity and art of sound to the people capable of appreciating it.
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Intervista a Bill Kaman
Ovation: chitarre snobbate dai puristi puzza-al-naso, che le definiscono “di plastica”. In realtà sono strumenti interessantissimi, inventati per pura passione da un uomo che è ha incarnato dell’America migliore: Charlie Kaman. All’avventura Ovation ha partecipato anche il figlio di Charlie, Bill, una persona che ha sempre saputo restare discreto e cortese, nonostante l’agio in . . .
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