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1839 Martin Guitar, Serial Number 1293

Posted on June 9, 2019June 9, 2019

This guitar was made in May 1839 and may well be the last guitar made by C. F. Martin Sr. in New York. The guitar contains a type 5 Martin label AND a Ludecus & Wolter label. Martin used the type 5 label in two periods, from April 1837 to April 1838 and again from […]

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1839 Martin & Schatz Guitar, Serial Number 1304

Posted on June 8, 2019July 11, 2019

Several other entries for pre-1840 Martins have been posted on this website but this guitar is certainly very interesting from a historical perspective and provides a number of clues about C. F. Martin’s early days in the Cherry Hill PA area. The most important clue is that the guitar contains TWO labels: a Martin & […]