Old Levin mando, 1938 top of the line model.

[bluesyswede]

[Leo37]

wow, what a nice presentation.

Leo

[billhay4]

Nice instrument. That headstock blows me away.
Bill

[Jim Garber]

Very nice!! We here in the US rarely get to see any Levin instruments. I actually bought a 1950 Model 46 Classic from a seller in New Jersey just to see what it would be like. It is a flattop mandolin but needed a bit of work.

Is yours called the Aristokrat? I was also wondering if you are using very light gauge strings on it. It sounds that way to me from the sound you are getting, at least on the video.

[PseudoCelt]

According to info here, the 320 was replaced by the Model 40/Aristokrat in 1947. The Aristokrat seems to have bound f-holes, but otherwise they look very similar.

I played a 1940s 320 in a shop in Copenhagen a couple of years ago. The finish was a bit rough, but it was a great-sounding mandolin, even with the paper-thin pick the guy in the shop lent me. I probably should have bought it. They had another Levin that looked a lot like a Gibson A40 which was also very good.

Patrick

[Nortega]

Very cool, haven't seen too many of these out in the wild.

[Tavy]

Very nce indeed!

[mandolinstew]

two Levins on ebay: 1947 12 string and a 1968

[sgrexa]

Thanks for the video, as I have never seen or heard of one of these Levin two point archtops. Is that tuned to standard pitch?

Sean