I'm sure this has been posted before, but it just showed up on a Facebook feed with a question about the "big instrument with all the strings" but I was too dazzled by the F-styles to pay much heed.
Anyway, here's another glimpse at this photo.
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I'm sure this has been posted before, but it just showed up on a Facebook feed with a question about the "big instrument with all the strings" but I was too dazzled by the F-styles to pay much heed.
Anyway, here's another glimpse at this photo.
I think that might be an Orville harp guitar with that inlay on the headstock. I don't know. I also like the case n the foreground.
Early ones were Style R harp guitars. Then, like the one pictured is a Style U. Some were really fancy Im guessing in 1910 up to the 30s they had dot inlays. And the Gibson Script . I own a few. There different. Not everyones idea of something useful.
You own a few?! :disbelief:
And my wife gets worried if I have more than two mandolins. :))
Very cool photo by the way.
When you look at the hairstyles, clothing and furniture, the Gibson scroll, headstock and detailing almost seems restrained in comparison.
But the design is very much of their era.
Great photo, Randi, thanks for sharing.
Mick
Here's a U Style from 1910:
https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com/20...rp-guitar.html
Really different tailpiece and bridge(s), of course. What a handful!
That sounds fabulous, and great playing too.
Dave H