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Christian Frederick Martin established his first instrument shop on this site in the late fall of 1833 after emigrating with his family from the small town of Markneukirchen, Germany, laying the foundation for what would become C.F. Martin and Co., one of the world's most revered makers of musical instruments. His innovations in acoustic guitar design, including the X-Braced Flat-Top Guitar and the Dreadnought Guitar, exerted a formative and lasting influence on American music and culture.
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