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Washburn mandolin serial number4/16/2023 ![]() ![]() (There's a complicated history of buyouts, contract-building, mergers, and a fire or two to sort out when dealing with Chicago instrument manufacturers.) ![]() The builder who restored it thought it dates from the late 1920s, though by that time the shape of the bridge had changed from a flattened-pyramid to one I associate with the Kay and Regal factories. The newest possibility is Hubert Pleijsier's History of Washburn Guitar: Pre-war Instruments Styles, Guitars, Mandolins, Banjos and Ukuleles 1883-1940, which I haven't seen yet but promises more detailed information than, say, the nearly-useless 1996 book by John Teagle.ĭoes your "New Model" label also say "1897 Style"? I have what in the 1889 catalog would be a Style 102 ("standard" size, bound top, rosewood body), serial number 163607. Good luck on that-I've never found a source that was much help in placing Lyon & Healy products closer than a decade or two.
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