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A Survivor!
1913 Martin Style 6
© Frank Ford, 6/13/02; Photos by FF
Joy (my wife and the "Joy" in "FrankJoy") describes this
delicate instrument as being so lightly built it felt as though she had "picked
up an empty ostrich egg on a handle." Nonetheless this assembly of thin
Brazilian rosewood strips, Honduran mahogany, African Ebony and Ivory, Spanish
cedar and American spruce has survived 90 years in untouched original condition.
Even the celluloid tuner buttons and celluloid pickguard are in perfect shape.
I've included a couple of extra shots of the back so you can catch the beautifully
fluted ribs, bordered with ivory inlay strips.
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