

Kaman Industries (parent company of Ovation) actually acquired C Bruno & Son in 1971. The Ventura line included guitars (classical, western, folk, concert, flamenco, electric, electro-acoustic), banjos, mandolins, and bass guitars. Some of the Ventura guitars were knock-offs of the Martin line, such as the Ventura V-35 appearing similar to the Martin D-35, and the Ventura V-14 / Martin D-14. Bruno was bought by Kaman ( Ovation) in the early 1980s, after which the brand disappeared.

Bruno and Company during the 1960s and 1970s.

Ventura was a brand of stringed instruments imported from Japan by C.
