Dobro

American guitar brand (1928-)
Organization business Q1056351
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Dobro

Summary

Dobro is a business[1]. Dobro ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (664 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dobro is in the country of United States[3].
  • Dobro's image is recorded as Steel guitar-KayEss.1.jpeg[4].
  • Dobro's instance of is recorded as brand[5].
  • Dobro's founder is recorded as John Dopyera[6].
  • Dobro's owned by is recorded as Gibson Brands[7].
  • Dobro's subclass of is recorded as chordophone[8].
  • Dobro's Commons category is recorded as Dobro Manufacturing Company[9].
  • Dobro's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dobro[11].
  • Dobro's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gghm[12].
  • Dobro's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph527865[13].
  • Dobro's described at URL is recorded as https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.49164[14].
  • Dobro's product or material produced is recorded as resonator guitar[15].
  • Dobro's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as 566b5377-1dc9-4745-80eb-3fb03f67c85e[16].
  • Dobro's different from is recorded as resonator guitar[17].
  • Dobro's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as dobros[18].
  • Dobro's Lex ID is recorded as dobro[19].
  • Dobro's Grove Music Online ID is recorded as 49164[20].
  • Dobro's SEKO ID is recorded as 00282[21].

Body

Founding

Dobro's founder is recorded as John Dopyera[6]. +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dobro[11].

Ownership

Dobro's owned by is recorded as Gibson Brands[7]. Dobro's product or material produced is recorded as resonator guitar[15].

Why It Matters

Dobro ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (664 views/month).[2] Dobro has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Dobro is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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