- John
Dopyera (Slovak: Ján Dopjera; 1893–1988) was a Slovak-American
inventor and entrepreneur, and a
maker of
stringed instruments. His
inventions include...
- The
Dobro was
originally a
guitar manufacturing company founded by the
Dopyera brothers with the name "Dobro
Manufacturing Company".
Their guitar design...
-
steel guitar player and
house painter, and
inventor John
Dopyera, a
violinist and luthier.
Dopyera had seen an
amplified Stroh stick violin nearby[clarification...
- instruments.
Dopyera experimented with
configurations of up to four
resonator cones and with
cones composed of
several different metals. In 1927,
Dopyera and Beauchamp...
- to
learn more. The shop was
owned by a
violin repairman named John
Dopyera.
Dopyera and his
brother Rudy,
showed Beauchamp a
prototype of
theirs which...
-
pleased Beauchamp that he told
Dopyera that they
should go into
business to
manufacture them.
After further refinements,
Dopyera applied for a
patent on the...
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produced in
large numbers in the 1950s and 1960s. National,
formed by the
Dopyera Brothers, also made
significant numbers of
resonator tenor and plectrum...
- louder.: 109 It was
patented by the
Dopyera brothers in 1927,: 109 but the name "Dobro", a
portmanteau of
DOpyera and BROthers,
became a
generic term...
-
guitars were
invented by the Slovak-American John
Dopyera (1893–1988) for the
National and
Dobro (
Dopyera Brothers) companies.
Similar to the flat top guitar...
- mandolins,"
after pioneering instruments designed and
produced by the
Dopyera Brothers,
which evolved into a
brand name. The
trademark "Dobro" is currently...
