1956 Roy Rogers Harmony H600 Parlor Guitar Orig Case PLAYER

Trader-BOB's MUSIC offers a 1956 Harmony model 2684H500, (ink stamped inside), "Roy Rogers" parlor guitar. Copyright 1956, stamped inside the guitar. Very nice parlor guitar. Some dings, and signs of wear. Original finish, polished. All original, except the nut, and strings. Someone in this guitar's life installed nylon strings on it, and I am sure that saved the neck, over the years. When this was done, they widened the string slots, in the original nut for the larger diameter strings. They also cut the slots too deep. The original nut would not work with new steel strings, so I made a new nut from Ebony wood, that fits the steel strings correctly. The new strings are .009" - .046" extra lights, with a .020" wound 3rd string. The fretboard, and fret wires are showing minimal wear. The fret board is very dark, either ebony, or ebony stained rosewood, but there is no grain showing, like rosewood would show. The fretwires are brass. The original bridge, is held on with two screws. these were no glued on at the factory. The bridge was loose, so I removed it, sanded the bottom of the bridge, and the top of the guitar, to remove the finish uder the bridge. I glued the bridge down, and reinstalled the original screws and nuts. You would never be able to tell this occured, had I not told you. The actual metal bridge surface the strings rest on ios a large fretwire. That way from the factory. The original tuning machines, 3 on a plate, are rusty. The paltes are steel, the button shafts, and string spindles are brass. Three of the button shafts are slightly bent. My experience with the brass button shafts that are bent; LEAVE THEM ALONE. I have a special tool that I can straighten these shafts with. Steel ones straighten, brass ones break off, every time. These are not bent so bad, that they do not work. The 18 fret neck meets the body at the 12th fret, like all parlor guitars. My neck relief dial indicator measures at the 7th fret on a parlor guitar. .010" neck relief / bow. Outstanding for a 1950's parlor guitar. String action height at the 12th fret is; .090". No seam separation. There is a surface crack in the side / waist, on the treble side. I cannot make the two sides move. The original case is in good shape, all the hinges, and latches work. There is one tear in the lip of the lid, and the cover for the internal compartment is missing. Someone sprayed it with red paint. Covering up the cowboy images I took a picture of the side of the case, with it open, so you can see what the original color looked like. A great historic cowboy guitar. Looks good to display, and is a player also. I am a licensed retailer, in the state of Indiana, and must charge sales tax to Indiana residents.