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Maton历史
Maton的名字来自"May"+"Tone"
在19世纪30年代中期,澳大利亚的吉他制造工业还几乎不存在.优秀的吉他非常难寻,而多数优秀的吉他来自美国.一个出生与墨尔本的叫Bill May的Jazz音乐家,木匠师,弦乐师决定要改变这一切.
在19世纪40年代中,Bill制定了一个叫做"Maton Stringed Instruments and Repairs(Maton弦乐器和维修)"的吉他订做及维修业务.事业非常成功,Bill说服了他的哥哥Reg加入,作为一个全职吉他制作人.1946年3月"Maton Musical Instruments Company"正式成立.
Maont到现在依旧是一个澳大利亚的家族企业.现在Linda和Neville Kitchen(Bill的女儿和他女儿的丈夫)运营.对于公司潜能拥有极大的信心下,Bill在墨尔本,坎特伯雷开了澳大利亚第1个主要制作吉他的工厂. 在1949年里,超过300个不同的型号的吉他在那里被制作出来. 在那个年代是非常另人吃惊的.
那里一直被称作Maton之家长达40年,直到1989年在墨尔本的贝斯沃特建造了一座更大更现代化的工厂.
经过了12年,到了把贝斯沃特的工厂搬迁到墨尔本市区中一个叫Box Hill的地方的时候了.在尝试满足压倒性的手工艺乐器需求后,决定把工厂扩建4倍,以便于更好的满足需求和发展. 这个澳大利亚标志性的成功是来自于Bill May创造力的灵感和对乐器制作的执着. 拥有澳大利亚运营最大最成功的吉他制造厂和作为澳大利亚乐器木材先锋,Bill May被尊敬的称为澳大利亚的弦乐器工业之父.
Bill May死后,澳大利亚音乐协会对于他在澳大利亚音乐事业历史作出的重要贡献给予了最高荣誉奖赏,并被记入名人堂.
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PS:英文原文
The Maton name is a derivative of the words “May” and “Tone”.
Until the mid 1930s an Australian guitar manufacturing industry was virtually nonexistent. Good quality guitars were hard to find and at this time the best guitars came from the U.S.A. Bill May, a Melbourne-born jazz musician, woodwork teacher and luthier decided to change all that.
During the early 1940s Bill established a custom guitar manufacturing and repair business known as “Maton Stringed Instruments and Repairs”. This enterprise was so successful that Bill was able to convince his older brother, Reg, to join him as a full time guitar maker and in March 1946 the “Maton Musical Instruments Company” was born.
Maton is still a 100% family owned Australian company, now operated by Linda & Neville Kitchen (Bill May's daughter and son in law). Showing great faith in the potential of the company, Bill opened up Australia's first major guitar making facility in Canterbury, Melbourne, in 1949. More than 300 different models were created at the Canterbury factory, a staggering testimony to the creativity of the Maton team from that era.
Maton called the Canterbury factory home for 40 years until it was time to upgrade to a more modern and spacious facility in Bayswater, Melbourne, in 1989.
After 12 years at the Bayswater factory it was time to relocate to an even larger facility in the inner Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, in an attempt to satisfy the overwhelming demand for the handcrafted instruments. The new purpose built facility is four times the size of the old factory in Bayswater. From this new factory the company will be able to meet its current demand and further develop international markets. The success of this Australian icon is largely due to the inspiration and creativity Bill May possessed and was able to reproduce in his instruments. Having established Maton as Australia’s longest running and most successful guitar manufacturer, and pioneering the use of many Australian wood species in guitar construction, Bill May is regarded by many Australian luthiers as the founding father of their industry.
Bill May’s importance to the history of Australian music was recently recognised at the Australian Music Association Awards where he was posthumously awarded their highest honour and inducted into the hall of fame.
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