Guitar brands in 1885

2 brands on record in 1885: Gretsch and Martin.

A snapshot of the trade in 1885. Each row is one brand: the companies that controlled the name that year and the plants that built it. Open a brand’s year for the line-by-line detail.

Who owned what, and where it was built

The 1880s

• 1880
• 1881
• 1882
• 1883
• 1884
• 1885
• 1886
• 1887
• 1888
• 1889

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1. 1
   gretschguitars: support/historygraded primary

   • "in 1883… Friedrich Gretsch… founded his shop in Brooklyn"Gretsch in 1885
2. 2
   Wikipedia: wiki/C. F. Martin %26 Companygraded community

   • "run by the same family for six generations"Martin in 1885
3. 3
   A Family Business (The Martin Story)graded primary

   • Since 1833, C. F. Martin & Co.® has remained family owned and operated—six generationsMartin in 1885
4. 4
   C. F. Martin & Co. Announces Retirements & New Leadership Appointmentsgraded primary

   • Owner and Chairman of the Board of the 192-year-old companyMartin in 1885
5. 5
   C F Martin Co Inc (International Directory of Company Histories)graded secondary

   • Located in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, since 1839, the company has been run by the same family for six generations.Martin in 1885
6. 6
   Martin Guitar CEO Chris Martin IV announces retirementgraded secondary

   • Family ownership of the Nazareth, Pennsylvania-based company... will continue.Martin in 1885
7. 7
   bluegrasstoday: original martin factory added to national register of historic placesgraded secondary

   • "primary site… until 1964 when a new plant was opened… on Sycamore Street"Martin in 1885

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