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 […]
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 […]
An early Martin ledger book contains an entry for an “Amadill” guitar sold on August 8, 1836. I have not been able to find any reference to explain the term amadill. However, I am quite confident that this instrument is the amadill guitar from the ledger, as will be explained. The cittern shape of the […]