sj | ||
|
User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
Malcolm Douglas | Robert Flemming, inventor of the guitar? (66* d) | RE: Rbt Flemming, inventor of the guitar? | 09 Feb 09 |
The Patent Office presumably thought that it would, but you'd have to build one to find out how well it worked. I expect that Flemming made or commissioned prototypes, but I doubt if the invention was ever manufactured commercially. Even given the fashion for novel musical instruments at that time, it's unlikely that many potential backers would have thought there was a market big enough to justify investment: it looks to have been rather too ingenious. |