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Martin opened its "Custom Shop" division in 1979. Martin built its 500,000th guitar in 1990, and in 2004 they built their millionth guitar. This guitar is entirely hand-crafted and features more than 40 inlaid rubies and diamonds. It is worth an estimated $1 million. As of 2007, Martin employed 600 people.
In the years of 1981 and 1982, Martin imported partially assembled Sigma guitars from Japan and the assembly was completed in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. There were only two models, labeled "Sigma Martin USA DR-28N" and "DR-35N", 'N' for "Nazareth". A Martin factory sales brochure shows the DR-28N retailed at $600.00 and the DR-35N retailed at $650.00.
This shop was the forerunner of C. F. Martin & Company, which is still family-owned and operated, whose CEO, as of 2014, is CF Martin's great-great-great-grandson, CF Martin IV. At the insistence of his wife, Ottilia Kühle (daughter of the Maschinentischler [machine carpenter] and maker of pedal harps Karl Kühle in Vienna [ 8 ] ), Martin ...
Detail of Smiley Maxedon's 1942 D-45, no. 81578, presently in the C.F. Martin Museum, Nazareth, PA., U.S.A. Gene Autry's original 1933 D-45, s/n 53177, photographed at the Autry National Center; one of only three with 12-fret neck (and longer body), all the remainder have 14-fret necks.
Nazareth is the global headquarters for C.F. Martin & Company, which manufactures Martin guitars. Martin guitars are handmade instruments that once were made by artisans who apprenticed for years to learn their trade. Now, Martin Guitars are made largely on an assembly line monitored and assisted by workers, computers, and lasers.
A first-year Ditson 111 guitar (one of 7 made between 1916 and 1921, possibly the only surviving example), the earliest production year for the Dreadnought style, this one Ditson no. 175, plus Behind the Glass Episode 9: 1929 Ditson 111 - demonstration of the 1929 Ditson 111 guitar in the Martin Museum, Nazareth, PA; A first-year Ditson 222 ...
The Martin D-28 is a dreadnought-style acoustic guitar made by C. F. Martin & Company of Nazareth, ... "This is the famous 'Dread-naught' bass guitar, originated by ...
Martin Guitar Museum, named after C. F. Martin & Company – Nazareth; New Holland Band Museum – New Holland [181] Bayernhof Music Museum – O'Hara Township; Marian Anderson House, dedicated to Marian Anderson – Philadelphia; Stephen Foster Memorial, dedicated to Stephen Foster – University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh