# Are brand names for instrument being removed?

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/are-brand-names-for-instrument-being-removed/602668
**Category:** MusicBrainz
**Created:** [September 25, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/are-brand-names-for-instrument-being-removed/602668 "2022-09-25T11:58:59Z")
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### Author: ![dashv](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/dashv/32/12538_2.png) [@dashv](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/dashv)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/are-brand-names-for-instrument-being-removed/602668/1 "2022-09-25T11:58:59Z")

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I went to select Dobro as a instrument and could not. There was discussion some time ago about not using brand names as instruments, has this finally changed? I have no issue selecting “resonator guitar” and crediting as “dobro” or “Dobro” (I suspect the D should be capital).

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### Author: ![tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tigerman325)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/are-brand-names-for-instrument-being-removed/602668/2 "2022-09-25T17:27:57Z")

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This was recently merged: [Edit #92529839 - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/92529839), but I don’t think all instances of Brand names are being removed. We still have Hammond organ, Rhodes piano, etc.