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Guitars

C. F. Martin

1830s Martin & Coupa
1840s Martin "Parlor Guitar"
1840s Martin 3-24
1860 Harp-Guitar
1887 21/2-40
1900 00-28
1901 0-34
1904 Ivory Pickguard
1909 00-21
1921 00-42
1928 000-45
1929 Ditson Dreadnought
1931 1-17P Plectrum
1944 D-18
1968 D-21
1982 Custom 0-18T Tenor
1998-2002 Custom Shop Specials

Gibson

1907 Style "R" Harp Guitar
1915 Style "U" Harp Guitar
1922 L-1
1920s TG-0 Tenor Guitar
1924 Style "O"
1927 Custom L-5 "Hearts & Flowers"
1928 L-5
1928 L-3 Special
1930s L-4 (Flat Back!)
1930s Kel Kroydon
1930s HG
1930s "Mastertone Special" Hawaiian
1933 L-10
1933 L-Century reissue (1994)
1936 Super 400
1938 L-12
1939 SJ-200 "Roy King"
1942 L-00
1951 J-185
1954 LG-3/4
1963 C-6
1964 F-25

Epiphone

1934 Deluxe
1952 Triumph
"Recording E" Flat Top

Washburn

Gold Leaf Decorated Washburn by Lyon & Healy
1930's Tonk Bros. Dreadnought

Selmer

1932 Selmer Maccaferri "Modele Jazz"
Selmer "Modele Orchestre"
Selmer "Eddie Freeman" Tenor
1938 Round Hole 13-fret

Various Antique Guitars

1811 Fevrot "Lyre Guitar"
1848 Schmidt & Maul
1870 Isaiah Arey
1891 Vinaccia
Bohmann Harp Guitar
Harwood Rosewood Concert
1902 Anderson cutaway
In the Manner of LeCote
A Fancy 19th Century French Style Guitar
Engraved Pearl and White Mastic
1911 Gould Harp Guitar
Halbmeyer Harp Guitar
Circa 1900Regal Harp Guitar

Misc. Vintage Guitars

1942 Richard Jacob Classical Guitar
1936 D'Angelico "A"
S.S.Stewart Guitar by Harmony
1920s Stahl Grand Concert
1930s Euphonon Jumbo
1930s National Tricone Plectrum
1939 National "Aragon Deluxe"
1955 National Dreadnought 1155
1930s MayBell "Cathedranola"
1931 Dobro "Cyclops"
1930s Dobro with Sandblast Finish
1955 Stella Tenor Guitar
1950s Guild Plectrum Guitar
1920s Galiano 12-string
Weissenborn Style 1
Weissenborn Style 4 "Kona"
Yamaha Style 40 "Dynamic" Guitar
1973 Giannini "Craviola"
1973 Gurian S3B

Gryphon

1972 Gryphon "OM"(rosewood)
1972 Gryphon "D" (walnut)
Gryphon's Stella 12-String Clone

Interesting Modern Guitars

Turner Antarctica
Martin Backpacker
Breedlove CM
Armstrong Solid Body Electric
1999 Traugott Baritone
2000 Megas Jazz Guitar
2000 Traugott Millennium
2000 DeJonge "Double Top"
Larsen "Swingaway" Electric
2001 Matsuda "Experimental"
2002 Carlson Harp-Sympitar
1978 Collings 12-string

Banjos

Gibson

1921 GB-4 Guitar Banjo
1920 TB-5 Tenor
1923 MB-3 Mandolin Banjo
1923 MB-4 Mandolin Banjo
1925 RB-3 "Ball Bearing" Mastertone
1928 TB-6 Tenor
1927 UB-4 Ukulele Banjo
1928 Florentine Plectrum

Weymann

1920s Weymann #4 Tenor

Paramount

1920s Paramount Tenor Harp

S. S. Stewart

Presentation Thoroughbred, circa 1888
Special Thoroughbred, circa 1900
Lady Stewart, circa 1900

Bacon

Professional "FF" circa 1910

Bacon & Day

1929 Silver Bell #1 Plectrum
1929 Silver Bell #4 Plectrum
Silver Bell #5 Plectrum "Sleepy Hall"
Silver Bell #6 Plectrum
Silver Bell #1 Guitar Banjo
Silver Bell Montana #1 Tenor

Fairbanks

1886 Fairbanks & Cole Piccolo
Fairbanks & Cole, circa 1890
1892 Fairbanks "Curtis Electric"
1893 No. 3 Electric

Vega

1918 Guitar Banjo
1925 Tubaphone No.9
1966 Excel

Cole's

1890s Eclipse Banjeaurine

Lyon & Healy

Vine Inlay Washburn

Other Old Timers

1852 Ashborn
1860 5-string by Milton Lash
1860s Minstrel Banjo
1870 Thomas Bree, San Francisco
It's the 1910 Comet!
An Older Comet
1912 Essex Concert Grand
A Patent "Cantilever" Neck Adjustment
Maybell Ukulele Banjo
DeWick Plectrum

Gryphon

1980 Gryphon Banjo (Water Lily)
1986 Gryphon Banjo (Sunshine)

Misc.

Bluegrass Banjo in the 1960s
1968 Rickenbacker "Bantar"
The Amazing Merlin
Dobro Banjo

Mandolins

Gibson

The "Lyre" Mandolin
1905 A-3
1906 "3-Point" F-4
1907 A-4 Lefty
1911 "3-Point" F-2
1914 A-4
1914 K-1 Mandocello
1915 A
1916 H-1 Mandola
1919 F-2 White Face!
1921 A-3
1922 H-4 Mandola
1922 F-4 "Cremona"
1923 (7/9/23) "Lloyd Loar" F-5
1923 (2/8/23) "Lloyd Loar" F-5
1924 "Lloyd Loar" H-5 Mandola
1924 Tenor Lute
1925 A-4
1927 F-5 "Fern"
1937 F-7
Kalamazoo "Army-Navy"

Martin

1902 No.4
1913 No.6
1909 No.1 Mandola
1929 Style 20
1930 Style A-K
1951 Style 2-30
1959 Style A

Lyon & Healy

1928 Style A Mandolin
1920s Style B Mandolin
1920s Style C Mandolin
1925 Style A Mandocello

Gryphon

1971 Gryphon Mandolin #2
1972 Gryphon Mandolin #3

Other Mandolins

1900 DeJulio
1900 Bauer
A Mando-Tiple?
1926 Mandolin by B. Jaster, San Francisco
Victoria Piccolo
Weissenborn
1930 Regal "Reverse Scroll"
1990 Givens A-6
Nugget "Roman Numeral" F
1999 Unicorn&Mustang "Reverse Scroll"
2000 Newson Octave Mandola
2000 Newson Guitar Shaped Mandola

Ukuleles

Fine Old Hawaiian Ukulele with "Rope" Binding
1910 Manuel Nunes
1916 Martin Style 1
1920s Leonardo Nunes "tiny uke"
Kamaka Pineapple Deluxe
Stroviols Ukulele
Lyon & Healy "Shrine" Uke
Aero Uke
Gretsch "Camp" Uke
1920s Gibson Custom "Poinsettia" Ukulele
Hollywood Concert Ukulele
Harmony Roy Smeck "Vita Uke"
Five Plastic Ukes
Harmony "Johhny Marvin"
Le Domino
Oh, boy, it's a Treholipee
Double Neck "Kook-a-la-lee"
Early Yamaha Ukulele

Tiples

1961 Martin T-18
American Conservatory "Bell"
1920s Regal Tiple

Autoharps

1895 Zimmermann Concert Grand
Zimmermann "Miniature"

Other Patent Instruments

Dolceola
KeyKord Tenor Guitar
Marxolin
Violin Uke

Folk Art

Tin Fiddle
Stewart Mandolin-Banjo, circa 1915
1918 "Naval Guitar"

Accessories

Banjo Headlights
The Grover Vibrator
An Original Compensated Banjo Bridge
Pitman 5th String Capo
19th Century Quick Change Guitar Tuning Gears
The World's Worst Capo

Special Items

1920s Musical Saw
Geza Burghardt's Amazing Lutherie Tools

Believe it or Don't. . .

A trio of Fake Martins
Mid-Missouri Madness
The Gibson Tone Adjuster
Hand Cut Gears
Lark 3-hole Tenor Guitar
Rattles

Vintage Documents

1914 Gibson leaflet, "Action"
1915 Gibson Magazine Ad

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