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Object Name: guitar
Maker: C. F. Martin and Company
Place Made: Nazareth, PA
Title: Martin D-45
Date: circa 1933
Materials: Back and sides of body are Brazilian rosewood; top sitka spruce bordered in abalone pearl; tortoise shell pick guard; soundhole lined by wooden rosette rings and abalone pearl inlay; metal tuning pegs; mother-of-pearl lettering on fretboard
Dimensions: 40 1/8 in x 15 7/8 in x 5 3/8 in (101.9 cm x 40.3 cm x 13.6 cm)
Credit Line: Donated from the collection of Jackie and Gene Autry
Object ID: 91.221.620

Institution: Autry Museum of the American West

Category: Art and Artifacts

Remarks

Guitar, D-45, with accessories, blonde and brown wood, designed and manufactured exclusively for Gene Autry by C. F. Martin & Company, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, circa 1933. According to the C.F. Martin Guitar Company, the first guitar of this type was ordered for Gene Autry by Chicago Musical Instruments on March 23, 1933. The guitar was registered Serial # 53177, Style D-45 and was started on March 27, 1933. In 1994, C.F. Martin Co. did a limited run (50) of Gene Autry D-45 replica guitars. Set includes molded case with leather exterior and metal clasp locks; 2 flat picks; 1 finger pick; and a plastic pouch with guitar strings.

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musical instruments

Used

Gene Autry

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