Martin C-1T Tenor Guitar, 1932

Serial Number	50023, built 1932
Pricing	$1699 with period cardboard case.
Neck	Mahogany neck with unbound rosewood fingerboard.
Frets	Original bar-type frets with very little wear.
Body	Arched, round-hole spruce top with X-bracing, bound mahogany back and sides. The top has had a seam repair, long ago, and the back has had a couple of crack repairs over the years.
Finish	Original nitrocellulose laquer finish, with some wear.
Hardware/electronics	Grover Patent planetary gears, rosewood bridge with bone saddle, original Martin-engraved tailpiece. Tortoise pickguard
Playability/Action	This instrument plays well and cleanly. Bar frets were discontinued not long after this time.
Case	Period cardboard type case included.
Comments	This Martin C-1T Tenor Guitar from 1932 is an interesting instrument in reasonable condition. The round-hole archtop design was very seldom used past the early 1930’s, and was replaced with F-holes on archtop instruments.