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In present-day Japan, plastic chōchin with electric bulbs are produced as novelties, souvenirs, and for matsuri and events. [9] The earliest record of a chōchin dates to 1085, [8] and one appears in a 1536 illustration. The akachōchin, or red lantern, marks an izakaya. [10] In Japanese folklore, the chochin appears as a yōkai, the chōchin ...
Ronson Consumer Products Corporation was formerly based in Somerset, New Jersey.It is a producer of lighters and lighter accessories.. Zippo Manufacturing Company currently owns the related brands in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and continues to produce Ronson lighters and Ronsonol fuel.
Made from red sandalwood and ranging from 1.1 to 1.4 metres (3 ft 7 in to 4 ft 7 in) long, the shamisen has ivory pegs, strings made from twisted silk, and a belly covered in cat or dog skin or a synthetic skin. [a] The strings, which are of different thickness, are plucked or struck with a tortoise shell, ivory or synthetic ivory pick.
The museum was inaugurated in April 1995. In 2014, the museum received the Fumio Koizumi Music Prize. [1] In the museum, concerts are performed with instruments of historical value, these concerts are recorded on CDs, and sold on albums under the name of "Hamamatsu City Musical Instrument Museum Collection Series", these albums are used in music education venues. [2]
An initial producer of musical boxes and clock movements (which they were still producing in the 1950s), as well a cigarette lighters, they started producing Edison-type phonographs in 1903. Thorens TD190-1 (first 190 since 1999)
A guitar pedal board comprising several effects pedals, including vintage Electro-Harmonix Big Muff and Vox wah-wah pedals from the 1960s and 70s. Vintage musical equipment is older music gear, including instruments, amplifiers and speakers, sound recording equipment and effects pedals, sought after, maintained and used by record producers, audio engineers and musicians who are interested in ...
In the same year, Nippon Gakki sold nearly 250 organs to several schools in Japan. With this success, the company looked into the production of pianos, harmonicas, and xylophones. [4] In 1899, Torakusu made a five-month tour to the United States, visiting W.W. Kimball and Company, Mason and Hamlin, and Steinway and Sons.
This is a list of Japanese inventions and discoveries.The Japanese have made contributions across a number of scientific, technological and art domains. In particular, the country has played a crucial role in the digital revolution since the 20th century, with many modern revolutionary and widespread technologies in fields such as electronics and robotics introduced by Japanese inventors and ...