Inventing the American guitar
Subtitle: the pre-Civil War innovations of C.F. Martin and his contemporaries
By: edited by Robert Shaw and Peter Szego ; essays by David Gansz, Richard Johnston, David LaPlante, Arian Sheets, and James Westbrook
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781458405760
Subjects: C.F. Martin & Co; Martin guitar; Guitar; Guitar makers; Pictorial works; History
Description: Describes in detail the early history of American guitar design. The person who dominates this history is C. F. Martin Sr., America's first major guitar maker and the founder of the Martin Guitar Company. Tracing Martin's evolution as a craftsman and entrepreneur, the book explores the influences and experiments that led to his creation of the American guitar that is recognized and played around the world today.
Notes: "Timeline : 1796-1867": pages xvi-xvii; "Timeline : 1833-present": pages 236-237; "Glossary": pages 266-269.

Includes bibliographical references (page 271) and index.
Table of contents: title: Austro-German style. Johann Georg Stauffer and the Viennese guitar / James Westbrook; title: C . F. Martin's Homeland and the Vogtland trade / Arian Sheets; title: C.F. Martin in New York, 1833-1839 / Richard Johnston; title: Guitar labels, 1825-1850; title: Spanish style. The Spanish guitar in the United States before 1850 / David Gansz; title: The Cadiz guitar and its influence on C.F. Martin / David LaPlante; title: C.F. Martin in Pennsylvania, 1839-1850 : a period of transition / Richard Johnston; title: Evolution of the top bracing of C.F. Martin's guitars; title: Madame de Goni and the Spanish-American guitar / David Gansz; title: The Spanish guitar as adopted by James Ashborn / David Gansz; title: Wooden cases for James Ashborn guitars; title: American style. C.F. Martin in Pennsylvania, 1850-1867 : fine tuning / Richard Johnston; title: Martin's evolution to an American guitar / Richard Johnston; title: Early Martin guitar design and construction : what survived / Richard Johnson.