plucky
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Post by plucky on Jun 30, 2018 13:38:51 GMT -5
I was given an old parlor guitar that belonged to a Great-Great-Uncle of mine. My guess is that it dates back to the 20's or 30's but It doesn't have a label or maker's mark. It has the Palm-tree motif on it's top. It suffered from severe damages but I had it repaired so it is now playable. No doubt it isn't worth much but as a family item, I'd like to know more about it. It may be a Harmony or Silver-Tone, (same thing, really) brand but I can't be sure as there appears to be no label and looks like there never was one. My great, Great uncle lived in Southern, Minnesota and he may have ordered it through the Sears Roebuck catalogue but that is just a guess as he is long dead now. That's all I have to go on, other than these photos.
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Post by JohnH on Jul 1, 2018 2:11:54 GMT -5
Hi plucky and welcome to GN2. you have some nice old instruments there! I hope someone will help, even though they are a bit out of our usual range. Do you play this one?
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Post by newey on Jul 1, 2018 6:16:51 GMT -5
Plucky- Hello and Welcome to G-Nutz2!As JohnH said, this sort of thing is a bit outside of our wheelhouse here, but someone may chime in. You might try the forums at the VintAxe site, Steve and the guys there are probably the most knowledgeable. They mostly deal with vintage electrics, but there is an acoustics section as well, and they claim to cover everything from 1880 onward. www.vintaxe.com/phpBB3/It's a pretty friendly place, so no worries about posting there. Steve runs a database of vintage guitar catalogs for which there is a subscription fee, but the forums are free.
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