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. It has had a few repairs over the hears, notably re-glued back braces and a new Rosewood bridge. This Lyon & Healy Washburn Oak – interesting little guitar plays well, and has a warm tone with clear trebles. It’s relatively heavy and hard to work with in the context of bending sides. Oak is a common material for many purposes, but it is unusual to find it on the back and sides of a guitar. The heavily V shaped neck with slotted peghead is likely Poplar, while the fingerboard is a dyed, hard and tight grained wood like Maple. It features a ladder-braced Spruce top and Oak for the sides and back. Lyon & Healy/Washburn Solid Spruce/Mahogany Parlor Acoustic Guitar Circa 1900 w/Padded Gig Bag Quantity: Out of Stock Sku: D-VINTAGEPARLOR or call: (773) 751. This Lyon & Healy Washburn Oak parlor guitar, built in Chicago in the 1920s, is an example of the instruments available at that time. 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.
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