Lyon & Healy "Thornward" spruce top and oak body parlor guitar, built for Montgomery Wards/Chicago (stamped inside) probably1900-20. Guitar has received a neck reset, x-bracing inside, a new period-correct rosewood bridge & pins and bone saddle, new bone nut, new Golden Age tuners. There's  a high quality piezo pickup installed under the new bridge plate. MOP fret markers and side markers added. It's strung with Silk & Steel strings, and has great action and tone. Comes with a new, fitted Gator hard case. There's a faint stamped serial number of 251583 visible under the soundboard which dates the instrument to 1905 or earlier. Also visible through the soundhole is a faint stamp Montgomery Wards & Co.
Upper Bout    9 3/16Waist              7 3/16Lower Bout    12 7/8Length            36 5/8Depth               4 1/8String Height @ 12th Fret    5/32

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Listed2 years ago
ConditionVery Good (Used)
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Brand
Model
  • Parlor Guitar
Finish
  • Oak & Spruce
Categories
Year
  • 1890-1905
Made In
  • United States
Pickup
  • Internal Piezo Pickup
Body Shape
  • Parlor
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String

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