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1836 Martin Guitar (Type 4 Label with No Serial Number)

Posted on April 4, 2019April 4, 2019

This guitar has a rarely seen Type 4 label, I have been able to confirm only one other example. The type 4 label was only used from about September 1836 to the end of March 1837 (the type 5 label came into use on April 1, 1837). The label in this guitar has no serial […]

Martin Guitars

1835-1836 Martin & Schatz Guitar

Posted on March 3, 2019March 6, 2019

C. F. Martin Sr. and Henry Schatz had been employed together at Stauffer in Vienna in the 1820s. Schatz left for America a few years before Martin and opened a musical import business in Philadelphia. From early 1835 until about September 1836 the two luthiers formed a partnership under the name Martin & Schatz. The […]

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