Re: Lyon & Healy vs Gibson
If you very carefully scroll down this link (after the section on condition rating nomenclature for instruments), you will find observations by the owner's of the big vintage dealers (Gruhn, Elderly, Mandolin Brothers, Carter, etc) about the L&H Model A-C. It offers an interesting insight into these absolutely fabulous instruments. I think (but could definitely be wrong - sift through the thread mentioned in the next post) that Peter Coombe is the only modern builder who has actually duplicated the original L&H construction (vs copying the look) - a hugely impressive accomplishment!!! It would be a thrill to have one of his mandolins in hand.
http://www.mandozine.com/instruments/VDRT/index.html
I imagine you have it, but this book by Hubert Pleijsier is a great background source for Washburn instruments (the bible):
https://books.google.com/books/about...kp_read_button
Last edited by Tim Logan; Oct-15-2020 at 6:46pm.
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