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PHOTOS: Pa. Treasurer visits Northampton County guitar manufacturer

Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity, right, and C.F. Martin and Co. archives and museum administrator Jason Ahner, left, watch as a robotic arm polishes a guitar body. (Ryan Gaylor)

Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity, left, and Martin and Co. museum and archives administrator Jason Ahner, right, examine some of the instruments and parts at the company's Upper Nazareth Twp. repair shop. (Ryan Gaylor)

An employee of C.F. Martin and Co.'s Upper Nazareth Twp. repair shop shows off one of the more unusual instruments he's working on fixing -- a rare double-neck Martin -- as Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity, right, and Martin archives and museum administrator Jason Ahner, left, look on. (Ryan Gaylor)

C.F. Martin and Co. archives and museum administrator Jason Ahner, left, shows Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity, right, how employees at the company's Upper Nazareth Twp. guitar factory check that the back of a guitar's neck is the correct shape. (Ryan Gaylor)

Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity, right, and Martin and Co. archives and museum administrator Jason Ahner, center, watch a Martin employee prepare to attach a neck to one of the company's acoustic guitars. (Ryan Gaylor)

An employee at Martin in Upper Nazareth Township shapes a pickguard for a custom-ordered acoustic guitar. (Ryan Gaylor)

Craftspeople at C.F. Martin and Co. in Upper Nazareth Twp. shape what will soon become the bodies of acoustic guitars, as Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity, left, and Martin museum and archives administrator Jason Ahner, right, look on. (Ryan Gaylor)

Martin and Co. archives and museum administrator Jason Ahner, left, explains to Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity the process of shaping bracing responsible for helping a Martin guitar keep its shape. (Ryan Gaylor)