Got a little special assignment, to convert a baritone nucleus to an alto mandolin, albeit with only 4 strings. The mens watch 50 cm fit well to the conversion. The ukulele was an unmarked old candy from about 1940 to 1950. European production and very curvy 🙂 The bottom was glued with a strong glue, had to work hard to remove…
Must have some pictures on Per Marklund where he tests Levin guitar mandolin at home in his kitchen. He and I like exciting instruments! 🙂
An interesting GammelGura based on a parlor from the USA was completed this week. Thompson & Odell made guitars in Boston in the 1890s and a bit into the 1900s. Here is a catalog to look at. The guitar was model 14 - top-of-the-line in the smallest standard size. What struck me was that it is…
Various deals ended with me having a Levin tenor guitar TG-15 from 1965 for sale. In perfectly OK original condition, I think, no major problems with ordinary gadgets and cracks in the cellulose varnish. The neck has a small bend that can be warmed away and the neck would feel good from a turnover. The closing height is high but it is possible to…
When listening to Doug Seegers on the people in Örnsköldsvik, less than 100 meters from my room. Doug had a guitarist / violinist, a drummer and a bassist with him on stage. A good band. He offered famous songs from the previous album in the first segment, but after the break there were a bunch of songs from the new one…
The day before Christmas Eve, I received an unexpected package. Unpacked it and there it was, Levin's most mythical instrument. Number 244 in the number series. A double necked guitar with both a mandolin and a guitar neck. The only patent that Herman Carlsson Levin knowingly applied for me, the patent was taken in 1897 for the USA and Canada. Could not hold me without…
A little special parlor with nylon strings and a scalloped board was completed. This one had to keep an unusual number of original parts, fingerboard, tuning screws, upper saddle and end plug. The stable was changed and modern (yes, 1950s), I made a new pyramid stable in the old style. Rectangular to hide the scar. Wide cracks in the lid had sticks in spruce inlaid. Otherwise as…
Have made the same mistake as so many craftsmen before me, accepted all the jobs that came in without having proper control and been a time optimist and promised more than I can keep. Now I know exactly what people do when they enter the wall! Realized this last week and inventoried all jobs…
