Chapman Stick

British

/ ˈtʃæpmən /

noun

Often shortened to: Stick. an electronically amplified musical instrument with ten or twelve strings and a fretted neck, which is played by striking the strings against the frets with the fingers

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Etymology

Origin of Chapman Stick

C20: named after its inventor, Emmett H. Chapman (born 1936), US guitarist

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s he came across the work of inventors exploring stringed tapping instruments, such as Emmett Chapman’s Chapman Stick and John Starrett’s StarrBoard.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022

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