Martin & Coupa Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1860
label: date made
content: 1840-1841
name: label: maker
content: Martin & Coupa
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by Martin & Coupa of New York, New York around 1840-1841. Christian Freidrich Martin’s guitar manufacturing company made guitars in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and sold many of them through his shops in New York. Martin had a number of associations and sold guitars with labels such as “Martin and Schatz,” “Martin and Bruno,” and “Martin and Coupa.” This guitar bears the printed label: “MARTIN & COUPA [/] Guitar manufacturers [/] 385 Broadway [/] up Stairs [/] have always on hand the largest assortment of Guitars [/] that can be found in the United States.” John Coupa was a prominent guitar instructor and was contracted with C.F. Martin to sell guitars under the label “Martin and Coupa.” This is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top, bird's-eye maple veneered mahogany back and sides, and a machine head.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Guitars
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen Waterman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.378846
label: accession number
content: 145343
label: catalog number
content: 378846
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 29.21 cm x 8.89 cm