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Christian Frederick Martin, Sr. ((ドイツ語:Christian Friedrich Martin I.); January 31, 1796 – February 16, 1873) was a German-born American luthier who specialized in guitars. He made the first guitar in the United States in the 1830s. ==Early Life and career== Born in Markneukirchen, Germany to a family of cabinet makers, Martin became an apprentice of the guitar maker Johann Georg Stauffer of Vienna, Austria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Story – Chapter 1: The C.F. Martin Story )〕 Martin also became a foreman at Stauffer's workshop.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Story – Chapter 2: Fleeing Restrictive Guilds )〕〔Bonds, Ray (ed.) (2006). “The illustrated directory of guitars.” Barnes & Noble/Salamander Books, p. 75.〕〔Wheeler, Tom (1992). ''American guitars: an illustrated history.” Harper & Row. p. 248.〕 Martin was the second of five children and was more commonly known as Friedrich, given the German custom of using the second given name. In Martin's case, four of the children's first given names are a derivation of Christian (Christiane, Christian, Christian and Christiana).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ancestors of Christian Frederick Martin )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Germany_Names,_Personal )〕 As a result of a dispute between the Cabinet Makers Guild, of which Martin was a member, and the Violin Makers Guild, Martin moved to the United States in 1833. The move occurred less than year after his father Johann Georg Martin died, and, being the last alive of Johann Georg Martin’s progeny, he would have been free of familial obligations to emigrate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ancestors of Christian Frederick Martin )〕 On arriving in New York City, he set up shop at 196 Hudson Street on the Lower West Side. Martin’s first workshop housed a small production setup in the back room, and a retail music store up front. This shop was the forerunner of C. F. Martin & Company, which is still family-owned and operated, whose current CEO is CF Martin's great-great-great grandson, CF Martin IV . At the insistence of his wife, Ottilie Lucia Kühler (daughter of the ''Maschinentischler'' (carpenter ) Karl Kühler of Vienna〔Martin's 1825 marriage entry, Vienna.〕), Martin moved the guitar shop in 1838 to Nazareth, Pennsylvania where it is still located.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Special, Music, Industry, History – Martin Guitar Company )〕 Martin's guitar construction and design innovations produced a model of flattop guitar that is still in use today.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=C.F. Martin, Sr. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christian Frederick Martin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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