The legendary instruments Martin Guitar is known for are no stranger to adventure. A Martin ukulele, known as the Konter Uke, in 1926 famously tagged along on Rear Admiral Richard Byrd’s expedition to ...

Your heart is hurting. So the last thing you need is to listen to sad songs of love lost, played on a plaintive little ukulele by none other than Eddie Vedder. Has he no mercy? Still, you take in ...

In 2014, Larry Bartram, a software company founder and archaeologist, was at C.F. Martin & Co. in Nazareth to have a guitar repaired. While waiting, he strolled into the factory museum. Tucked among ...

Place yourself in astronaut Chris Sembroksi's moon boots for a second. You have to pack before being launched into space. You've got your freeze-dried ice cream, a spare set of underwear, a toothbrush ...

Movie Night during the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35. (The Ohio State University) NAZARETH, Pa. — In 2014, Larry Bartram, a software company founder and archaeologist, was at C.F. Martin & ...

Martin Guitar’s corporate motto is “Inspiring musicians worldwide,” Rameen Shayegan said. “We may have to add ‘and beyond’ to that motto,” Shayegan, the company’s instrument design manager, added ...

Lehigh Valley billionaire Jared Isaacman may be funding and commanding the historic SpaceX Inspiration4 private spaceflight, but he isn’t the only local link currently in orbit. A Martin Guitar ...

Jim Beloff, 66, recounts his experiences in a new book, “UKEtopia!: Adventures in the Ukulele World,” an extensively illustrated history of the modern ukulele. In 1997, the same year the company went ...