When I renovated my nice Levin parlor with rosewood at the bottom and side, I was very unsure of how old it was. It has no serial numbers stamped. Hesitated between a very early Levin or a manufacture around 1920. The riddle is approaching a solution when it just appeared pictures of a Levin lute guitar marked MAY…
It's tough. All six in the batch have been repaired, the bottom and lid have been thinned where needed, the necks have been given a carbon fiber rod, the lid and bottom have been given new ribs. Three in the batch have the same buyer, intend to complete the three in parallel first of all and maybe do a few small things with the others in the meantime. The focus is…
It is not often you get to work with a historical instrument. This parlor guitar made by Pehr A. Anderberg in the USA is one such. It has a fully functional drawbar that was patented by Anderberg as early as 1894 before Gibson patented its variant of drawbar in 1923. Pehr passed away in 1910 and the patent was invalid when Gibson…
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I have been thinking a bit about how I rib up the lid in GammelGura guitars. It was time to improve my methods. As I made a go-bar jig, new possibilities have opened up. Among other things, I can glue ribs and spruce tiles to a surface that is bent in both directions, both across…
