Re: Martin Style BK, what do you know
Originally Posted by
Anlbrewer
I found that Bruno and Martin started making these around 1834 in Macon ga.
No. Martin started making guitars in NY City in 1833, moved to Nazareth PA. The company started making mandolins in the 1890's, bowl-backs first, flat-backs in 1914. All the mandolins were made at the Nazareth factory.
Bruno was a distributor, not a manufacturer. C F Martin and Charles Bruno had a business relationship in 1830's New York; Bruno became a distributor of instruments made by others, around 1848. C Bruno, later C Bruno & Sons, was one of the major dealers in musical instruments for over a century, with extensive catalogs and national distribution. There is apparently still a C Bruno & Sons company in Connecticut, perhaps affiliated with Kaman (Ovation guitars), also located in Bloomfied CT (?).
Don't know where the "Macon GA" reference comes from...
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