Has renovated many parlors Levin over the years. The same body model was used from the beginning of 1900 to the end of the 1930s. One of the things that is less good with these is the neck attachment. Instead of a real dovtail, a neck foot with straight edges was used and which is only stuck in the glue. The whole force from the tension of the strings presses against…
This is a special guitar. Not so much for what it is but its history. The first email from the customer said: “I called today about my grandmother's old guitar. She only had it and a small suitcase with her in 1939 in January when she, 21 years old, took the train and left Vienna for…
The only ongoing batch selected from the waiting room was a European pearl from around 1910. It had a lovely patina with yellowed lacquer on the magnificent pearl morosette. I have seen several similar guitars with the same bow, they were manufactured and sold to several guitar factories at this time. It had a little nicer maple in…
One thing that is always a fact in old guitars is that the bottom has shrunk across the fibers. In a typical European guitar with a maple bottom or a Levin with a birch bottom, the bottom has shrunk 1-5 mm across depending on how damp the wood was when the guitar was built and how it has been stored. Rarely have rosewood…
