1931 Martin 0-17S Guitar
A special spruce top version of the Style 17, with a distinctive
pickguard, built for the Montgomery Ward Catalog and Stores.
Serial number 47292
The 3rd
guitar of the first batch of 24 of the Style 0-17S, stamped June
17, 1931.

In
1931, Martin produced two batches of 25 guitars, followed by a
third batch of 10.
In the first half of 1932, Martin
produced one batch of 10 guitars,
followed by a number of smaller batches,
totaling
approximately 26 instruments.
In both years combined, Martin produced approximately 86 0-17S.
S.O.
Date Serial
#
Count
1032
6/17/31
47290-314
24
1044 7/8/31 47531-55 24
160 12/8/31 49315-24 10
Total 1931 58
174 1/7/32 49690-99 10
219 3/9/32 50429-30 2
228 3/30/32 50588-91 4
240 4/18/32 50749-50 2
241 4/20/32 50801-02 2
248 5/3/32 50889-91 3
259 5/27/31 51123-25 3
Total
1932 26
Total
0-17S 86



Serial number 47531
The 1st guitar of the second batch of 0-17S, stamped July 8,
1931.







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