Brand: Washburn
Instrument Categories: Acoustic Steel String, Guitars, SOLD
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Around the start of the twentieth century, Lyon & Healy were one of the larger musical instrument builders in the USA, with Washburn being one of their brands. This Lyon & Healy Washburn Oak parlor guitar, built in Chicago in the 1920s, is an example of the instruments available at that time. It features a ladder-braced Spruce top and Oak for the sides and back. The heavily V shaped neck with slotted peghead is likely Poplar, while the fingerboard is a dyed, hard and tight grained wood like Maple.
Oak is a common material for many purposes, but it is unusual to find it on the back and sides of a guitar. It’s relatively heavy and hard to work with in the context of bending sides.
This Lyon & Healy Washburn Oak – interesting little guitar plays well, and has a warm tone with clear trebles. It has had a few repairs over the hears, notably re-glued back braces and a new Rosewood bridge.
There are no identifying marks on the this instrument, so we are identifying it as a Lyon & Healy Washburn and dating this to the 1920’s based on other guitars known to have been built by them at the time.
A modern hard shell case is included.
- Year: 1922 | Approximate year
- Finish Natural
- Class: Vintage
- Serial Number: N/A
- Country of Origin: USA
- Condition: Fair
- Date Posted: 07/04/2020
- This instrument has been sold
- Including Hard case
- Instrument Weight: 2.77lbs 1.26kg
- Scale Length: 24.56in 624mm
- Nut Width: 1.79in 45.5mm
