NAZARETH, Pa. -- C.F. Martin & Co. has chosen a musician with an MBA degree and a background in consumer products as head of its string business. Brian Hall has worked with General Mills, Steinway, ...

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For The New York Times for Kids, the photographer Christopher Payne visited the Martin Guitars factory to see how humans and machines make music. Credit... Supported by Photographs by Christopher ...

Hank Williams played one. So did Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. John Lennon and Paul McCartney also played them. Stephen Stills uses one, as does his former bandmate Neil Young, who owns the same one ...

When I catch up with Eagle Rock–based instrumental rock guitarist Felix Martin, he is three days away from flying to the East Coast for a two-week tour. “I travel light. I don’t pack at all. I just ...