Here's a vintage B&J Music Serenader parlor guitar.
Featuring a cool image of a cowboy with his guitar, this is a great, collectable guitar. The image and top is in fair condition showing the remnants of a couple earlier repaired cracks and a some minor warping . The cracks seem to be stable but the glue/repairs are definitely visible.
But, overall, the guitar is in decent condition with no separations.
This collectable Serenader comes with a chipboard case.
A little about B&J Music:
B
& J, or Buegeleisen and Jacobson, was a musical instrument distributor
based in New York City for most of the Twentieth Century. The company had
instruments built for them by many of the factories that we’ve become familiar
with, Stromberg-Voisenet (later to become Kay), Espana and Regal. The Serenader
name was used on a wide variety of guitars and equipment from the 1920’s right
on into the 1960’s. Not much more is known about these instruments and dating
them can be very difficult because most were catelog guitars and show no serial
number. B&J Music still exists as a music instrument distributor located in Toronto, Canada.
****PLEASE NOTE:
The “Stencil Guitars” listed by
this shop are sold with the intention of being used as decorative pieces and
should be assumed to be in unplayable condition unless otherwise stated. The “condition” ratings
attached to these instruments should be viewed as a representation of the
condition of graphics, aesthetic damage, etc. and of the overall piece as a
“wall hanger”, not the condition of
the piece as a playable instrument. All “Stencil Guitars” will be sold “as-is”,
please look at the pictures carefully before purchasing.****