Image: Earliest X-braced Guitar (July 1842), Martin & Schatz Label, for Delores Nevares de Goñi - C.F. Martin Guitar Factory 2012-08-06 - 013

Description: Earliest X-braced Guitar (July 1842), Martin & Schatz Label, for Delores Nevares de Goñi - C.F. Martin Guitar Factory 2012-08-06 - 013 1839-1859 Cherry Hill BY THE LATE 1830s, MARTIN HAD ESTABLISHED HIMSELF as a premiere musical instrument maker in New York City: ... Spanish-style guitar by C. F. Martin Circa 1845 ... Martin Style 3-17 1859 ... Earliest X-braced Guitar Martin & Schatz Label, July 1842 For: Madame Delores Nevares de Goni This is the very first Size 1 model and the earliest X-braced guitar ever documented, supporting Martin's longstanding claim as the inventor of X-bracing, a primary innovation in the evolution of the modern American guitar. After entertaining her in his home, C. F. Martin made this special guitar for Madame Delores N. De Goñi, who was probably the finest professional guitar soloist of her time. Her performances were widely popular throughout the Americas between 1841 and 1892. She pronounced Martin guitars to be "superior to any instruments of the kind (she had) ever seen in this country of Europe for tone, workmanship and facility of execution!" Courtesy of Greig Hutton
Title: Earliest X-braced Guitar (July 1842), Martin & Schatz Label, for Delores Nevares de Goñi - C.F. Martin Guitar Factory 2012-08-06 - 013
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Author: Joseph Brent from New York, USA
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