S.C. Hora S.A. (
trade name
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: Hora Instruments) is a Romanian manufacturer of
string instruments. The company, based in
Reghin
Reghin (; hu, Szászrégen, or ; german: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș River. As of 2011, it had a population of 33,281.Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului din 2011:
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, was founded in 1951 around the workshop of master
luthier Roman Boianciuc as a
state-owned enterprise.
Over 80% of its products are exported to North America, Western and Northern Europe, Russia and Japan. HORA uses as raw materials
spruce and
maple
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wood from the
Romanian Carpathians seasoned naturally for 5–10 years, as well as imported exotic wood like
mahogany,
Indian rosewood
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and
ebony
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.
The company employs about 300 people (2017) and is the largest stringed instrument manufacturer in Europe.
Divisions
Hora owns and operates the "Rapsodia" musical instruments shop in
Bucharest
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, founded in 1999.
Quality policies and standards
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SR ISO 9001:2001
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SR ISO 14001:2005
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OHSAS 18001:1999
See also
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Violin making and maintenance
Making an instrument of the violin family, also called lutherie, may be done in different ways, many of which have changed very little in nearly 500 years since the first violins were made. Some violins, called "bench-made" instruments, are made ...
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Violin construction and mechanics
A violin consists of a body or corpus, a neck, a finger board, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings. The fittings are the tuning pegs, tailpiece and tailgut, endpin, possibly one or more fine tuners on the tailpiece, a ...
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Classical guitar making
A person who is specialized in the making of stringed instruments such as guitars, lutes and violins is called a luthier.
Skills
In general one can distinguish three main aspects of guitar making:
#"Sound" feature that includes shaping the ...
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Lutherie
A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers ...
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Romanian luthiers
Bow makers
Classical guitar makers
Design companies established in 1951
Guitar manufacturing companies
Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Romania
Reghin
Companies of Mureș County
Romanian brands
Manufacturing companies established in 1951
1951 establishments in Romania
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