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Hamer builds tools, and building tools is all it has ever done. What Hamer builds are the tools of rock ‘n’ roll. Buy an album, listen to the radio or watch television, and you’ll hear a Hamer guitar.

Hamer Guitars, an electric guitar manufacturer formerly based outside Chicago, is moving its operations to town. Frank Untermyer, vice president of Kaman Music and general manager of Hamer and Ovation ...