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Orville H. Gibson biography
Orville H. Gibson was born in 1856 in the state of New York, but his father John W. Gibson came from England and Orville's mother Amy Nichols Gibson came from Peru. As a one of the five kids he used to live on a farm near the small town Chateaugay. This guitar genious had settled in Kalamazoo by 1890, where he worked as a clerk at A.P. Sprague's shoe store at 118 East Main Street and at Butters Restaurant on 216 East Main as a clerk as well. By that time Orville had realised what he really loved. He loved making musical instruments. On May 11, 1896, Orville filed for his first and only patent. That document, U.S. Patent No. 598,245, was issued on February 1, 1898 and contained his ideas for the construction of a mandolin. On October 11, 1902 Orville Gibson founded Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing Co., Limited. His partners and coworkers were Adams, VanHorn who were layers and retired music business men Reams and Williams. Of course, they must have been successful, because the Gibson corporation still exists. There are two big competitors in the world Fender and well known Gibsoncompany. The most famous guitar shapes by Fender are Stratocaster and Telecaster. On the other hand the most popular guitar shapes by Gibson are Les Paul, Gibson SG,Gibson Flying and Gibson Exploler. Gibson company deserves to be in the Hall of fame, because Gibson company has always produced high quality guitars which have been exported over the whole world so far.

Projectsolo (talk) 11:03, 15 October 2008 (UTC)