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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1991

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE RESOLUTION

No. 304 Session of 2008


        INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, WONDERLING, BROWNE, MELLOW, STACK, LOGAN,
           KITCHEN, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, A. WILLIAMS, COSTA, STOUT,
           KASUNIC, MUSTO, LAVALLE AND O'PAKE, APRIL 29, 2008

        INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 29, 2008

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Congratulating C. F. Martin & Company upon the 175th anniversary
     2     of its founding, and commending it for its many positive
     3     globally conscious environmental and business practices.

     4     WHEREAS, C. F. Martin & Company guitars are the most well-
     5  known and played guitars in the world; and
     6     WHEREAS, C. F. Martin & Company has a rich family and
     7  business history throughout the world and within this
     8  Commonwealth; and
     9     WHEREAS, In 1839, one of the founders and architects of C. F.
    10  Martin Guitars, Christian Frederick Martin, Sr., moved his
    11  family and business to Nazareth, Pennsylvania; and
    12     WHEREAS, In 1859, the famous North Street factory was built
    13  in Nazareth; and
    14     WHEREAS, In 2004, C. F. Martin & Company built guitar number
    15  one million; and
    16     WHEREAS, Currently, 550 employees work at the Nazareth
    17  facility; and
    18     WHEREAS, C. F. Martin & Company is not only the premier

     1  manufacturer of guitars but has demonstrated global corporate
     2  citizenship in multiple ways; and
     3     WHEREAS, The company supports the Greenpeace Music Wood
     4  Campaign to encourage sustainable logging practices of Sitka
     5  spruce, a wood species that is used to produce the soundboard
     6  and braces on acoustic guitars; and
     7     WHEREAS, The company's goal is to preserve the world's
     8  rainforests for future generations; therefore be it
     9     RESOLVED, That the Senate congratulate C. F. Martin & Company
    10  on its 175th anniversary of manufacturing in the United States;
    11  and be it further
    12     RESOLVED, That the Senate commend C. F. Martin & Company for
    13  its many positive globally conscious environmental and business
    14  practices.











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