lyon and healy washburn parlor guitar tuners

The Brazilian rosewood body is perfectly bookmatched and brilliantly figured, and the solid Adirondack spruce top is unbound for a clean, uncluttered look. All- original hardware includes the flattened pyramid ebony bridge, brass tuners, and the pearl position marker at the 10th fret. Maintained in wonderful condition, this handsome guitar has all original finish and is remarkably free of pick, buckle, thumb or fingerboard wear. (Do not play this guitar in a high wind.) The strength and quality of construction may be seen in the fingerboard, which remains as straight as those those of contemporary instruments, a century and a quarter after its manufacture. The Spanish cedar neck, long favored by classical and flamenco builders, combines superlative strength with exceptionally light weight, tipping the scales for this little marvel at an astonishing 2lb 15oz. Simple and tasteful in design, the 101 featured top-quality materials throughout, including a solid Brazilian rosewood body, solid Adirondack spruce soundboard, and a solid ebony fretboard. The Washburn Style 101 was in production by 1887, one of no less than forty different models shown in their catalog, in five sizes and some eight different syles. An 1895 article stated that the company had produced some 13,000 guitars alone in the previous year, making them by far the largest top-quality builder of guitars in the world at that time. Their celebrated Washburn brand guitars debuted in 1884, an extensive line of premium models competing directly with C.F. By the early 1880's, company ads boasted of a production output of some 100,000 instruments each year, including string, band and fretted models of all types. Notes: George Washburn Lyon and his partner Patrick Healy founded the firm that bears their name in Chicago in 1864. Materials: Solid bookmatched figured Brazilian rosewood back, sides and headplate solid bookmatched Adirondack spruce top solid one-piece Spanish cedar neck solid ebony fingerboard solid ebony nut and bridge with compensated saddle small maple bridgeplate original three-on-a-plate tuners original pearl inlaid ebony bridge pins original ebony endpin. On which instrument(s) you're looking for, and we'll be happy to contactīody width: 12 1/2' Nut Width: 1 3/4' Scale length: 24 1/4' Model or similar instruments in the future, please contact.

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Lyon and healy washburn parlor guitar tuners