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Vintage Archtop-Guitar Musima, Bearing the Musima logo Product types: East German 1960’s Arch-Top Musima Guitar Size: Length 102cm Width 60cm and Depth 45cm Information: Musima as a German musical instrument manufacturer, was founded in 1952 in Markneukirchen, East Germany, and has a long history of instrument making according to Guitar-Listings. The company was initially named VEK, later becoming VEB Musima. At its peak in the 1960s and 70s, Musima was one of the largest instrument manufacturers globally, producing a wide range of guitars and other instruments, employing around 1200 people and making 360 guitars daily. After German reunification in 1990, the Musima factory closed, and its buildings were eventually acquired by the Harmona accordion company. Markneukirchen is a town in the Saxon Ore Mountains, close to the border with the Czech Republic. For centuries, it was the unofficial capital of the “Saxon-Bohemian Music Corner”, one of the focal points of musical instrument making in Europe. After an enormous industrial boom in the 19th century, violin making in Markneukirchen returned to its artisanal roots and is now represented by small, traditionally oriented workshops, the Markneukirchen Violin Making Museum, which is well worth a visit, and a technical college for musical instrument making. Postage via GLS courier (within Ireland): EUR 25. Guitar will be well packaged and sent via registered mail; No collection, or, time-wasters!