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    Default Washburn tenor guitar

    Has anyone ever seen a Washburn "Bell Shape" tenor guitar? Bell shape like the guitat Carl Sandburg played.
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    Default Re: Washburn tenor guitar

    According to the book "Washburn-Prewar Instrument Styles" by Hubert Pleijsier, the"bell" shape was introduced in 1925 in ukulele, two guitars, a large Hawaiian guitar and tiple. No mandolins or tenor guitars used that shape. There was at least one tenor guitar made with the "shrine" body shape.
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    A bunch of stuff with four strings

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    Default Re: Washburn tenor guitar

    Zeke Leonard from Salt City Found-Object Instrument works is building a bell-shaped tenor right now (it may actually be a baritone ukulele, I cannot remember off the top of my head). I've seen photos of the sides in forms on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYW7CCwOyuj/

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