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THIS IS AN OLD PARLOR GUITAR, I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD IT IS, IT DOES NOT HAVE A NAME ON IT, THE ONLY MARKING THAT I SEE ON IT IS PENCILED IN ON THE THIN BRACE THAT HOLDS THE TWO BACK HALVES OF THE BODY TOGETHER, ON THE INSIDE, STRAIGHT THROUGH THE SOUND HOLE, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE 1917 OR MAYBE 927, I DO NOT KNOW. THE TOP LOOKS LIKE NICE SPRUCE AND I WOULD GUESS THAT THE BACK AND SIDES ARE MAHOGNY AS WELL AS THE NECK. THE NECK MAY HAVE BEEN RESET JUDGING FROM THE FINISH AROUND WHERE THE NECK MEETS THE BODY, THE ACTION IS KIND OF HIGH BUT IS PLAYABLE IN THE FIRST THREE FRET POSITIONS. IT MAY HAVE HAD A COAT OF VARNISH PUT ON IT OVER THE OLD FINISH AT SOMETIME IN THE PAST.THE TOP LOOKS LIKE CLOSE GRAINED SPRUCE AND IS BOOKMATCHED, THERE IS A SEPERATION WHERE THE TWO HALVES MEET BEHIND THE BRIDGE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN FILLED. THERE IS WHITE BINDING AROUND THE BACK AND TOP, THERE IS NICE WOOD PURFLING [ LOOKING FOR A BETTER WORD] OR MAYBE MARQUETRY WOULD BE BETTER, MADE OF DIFFERENT COLORED WOODS AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOP, AROUND THE SOUND HOLE AND DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK. IT'S A REAL NICE LOOKING GUITAR. IT HAS AN ADJUSTABLE METAL BRIDGE. I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE INSIDE BRACING ON THE GUITAR OTHER THAN IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS LADDER BRACING. NO CASE.
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