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2. Ektelon - Wikipedia

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   Ektelon, Inc. was an American manufacturer of equipment for racquetball. Originally based in Bordentown, New Jersey, Ektelon was founded by Franklin W. "Bud" Held in 1964 as the first company to manufacture racquetball racquets and stringing machines, [1] not long after the development of the sport of racquetball by Joe Sobek.

3. Stringing machine - Wikipedia

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   Electronic stringing machines control the tension with a computer-directed electric motor, resulting in fast paced stringing and exceptional accuracy. This is the most common kind of stringing machine found in racquet sport shops. Reliable constant pull stringing machines usually cost $3,000 and more. This type of stringing machine is found at ...

4. Strings (tennis) - Wikipedia

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   Double strung tennis racquets were introduced in 1977 [19] but the "spaghetti racquets" were later banned [20] because they permitted excessive spin and were too successful. [ 21 ] Racquets are strung either with two separate strings (and thus four knots), or with a single string (resulting in only two knots).

5. Prince Sports - Wikipedia

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   The company was founded in 1970 by Robert Hirt McClure (1893–1991) of Princeton, New Jersey (the origin of the company's name) as a manufacturer of tennis-ball machines, and soon after, rackets. Howard Head , founder of the Head sporting goods company, took tennis lessons following his retirement and used a Prince tennis ball machine, but was ...

6. Category:Tennis equipment - Wikipedia

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   Stringing machine; Strings (tennis) T. Tennis technology; Tennis ball; W. Wilson K-Factor; Wilson ProStaff Original 6.0 This page was last edited on 8 October 2024 ...

7. Spaghetti racquet - Wikipedia

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   Double-strung racquets had some limited precedent in the sport. In 1881, two inventors, George Hookham of Birmingham and Alexander Hodgkinson of Manchester, filed British patents “to increase the effective striking surface in tennis racquets” by having strings “instead of being sunk below the level of the frame as is usual…arranged flush with one edge thereof, or a double stringing, i ...