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Music studio wall art: choosing guitar and sound prints
A music room can tell a story before a note is played. Patent drawings bring the mechanisms behind instruments and recorded sound into view. Start with the part of music you spend time with: playing, producing or listening.
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Choose a subject that belongs in your room
For a guitar corner, the 1956 tremolo device drawing focuses on the bridge mechanism rather than a portrait of the instrument. The electrical stringed instrument and electromagnetic pickup drawings offer other ways to build a wall around guitar design.
For a production desk, the 1969 electronic filter drawing makes the circuit the subject. For a listening room, consider the phonograph, gramophone or loudspeaker. A pair linked by what you use every day will feel more personal than a group chosen only for matching colours.
Build a pair around one idea
Try the tremolo device beside the electronic filter to put a mechanical instrument detail next to an electronic circuit. Or pair the phonograph with the loudspeaker for a wall about recorded sound. These are combinations of individual prints; use the price on each product page when comparing them.
Keep the finish and frame style consistent if you want the drawings to read as one group. Leave enough space between the frames to see the edges of each document. Before ordering, mark the outside dimensions of your intended frames on the wall with removable paper.
Archive paper or blueprint?
Archive paper gives the drawing a warm document background. Blueprint uses light lines on navy blue, inspired by technical plans. Warm paper can sit beside record sleeves and wood finishes; blueprint gives a darker block of colour above a desk or amplifier.
Both finishes use 200 g/m² matte paper. The finish changes the presentation of the drawing, not the type of product: each order is an unframed print. Frames in the room photographs are display examples.
Choose the size before the frame
21 × 30 cm works as a smaller print near a desk or on a picture ledge. 30 × 40 cm gives a single drawing more presence. 50 × 70 cm suits a wall where you want the patent to be a focal point. Measure the wall and the frame's outside dimensions, including any mount.
The product page lets you compare all three sizes and both finishes before adding a sheet to the basket. If you are buying a gift, choose the instrument or listening format the recipient actually uses, then check that the unframed format suits them.
A print is decoration, not acoustic treatment
A framed patent drawing is a visual choice. Do not count it as a substitute for acoustic treatment in a recording room. Plan speakers, panels and cable access first, then place the prints where they fit the room's working layout.
Browse the music collection below for the complete selection. Each sheet identifies its patent number, inventor and year, so you can compare the document as well as its appearance.
