Eric

It could be worth contacting Trevor Durrant in Colchester (trevor@tdguitars.com 01206 576474).

He worked at Martin for a while, is a Martin agent, and seems pretty good at getting Martins and Martin bits at good prices.

Four mentions of Martin (whoops, five!) in one post, is that a record?

"It fell about the Martinmas, when nights were long and dirk,
When her three sons came haem to her, and their hats were o' the birk"

Six, even

Alan (who is demonstrably over fond of guitars born in Nazareth!)