Hi Songster Bob, thought I'd better check my sources here and spoke to my husband, as it is his guitar and he was the one that passed the information on to me regarding the Martin factory fire in Nazareth and the move, for a time, to Philadephia. He said he read about it years ago but does not remember the publication. He doesn't think he dreamed it up and the eleven years sticks in his mind, which it is an odd fact to retain. Although his memory isn't infalible, he is usually pretty reliable when it comes to recalling facts and information, particularly in fields that are his passion ie. guitars and audio reproduction. It would be interesting to see if anyone else can find reference to the temporary Martin relocation in other publications. As he is computer phobic and more inept than I at keyboarding, I have on two occasions taken dictation for him to post in the forum. Any posting that I send, that ends with "end of rant" has been his words verbatum.