The New Hartford, Connecticut, factory that produced Ovation guitars for nearly a half-century before closing in the summer of 2014 will once again resume production.

Drum Workshop purchased the brand earlier this year from Fender Musical Instruments Corp. (FMIC) along with several other KMC brands. Fender had shuttered the plant in June 2014 and moved production to Asia, leaving only a small crew for repair and restoration work.

According to the New Haven Register, DW had plans to move the plant to California — where DW is headquartered. But after seeing the efforts of the plant employees in setting up leftover equipment for future use, the company decided to reopen.

"I'm really happy Chris Lombardi [DW CEO] was willing to take a chance on the place," Darren Wallace, one of the employees who set up the equipment, told the Register. "That wasn't their original intention, certainly."

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