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Levin mandolin model 55 by Herman Carlson Levin company

$ 200.64

Availability: 58 in stock
  • Exact Year: 1958
  • Body Material: birch
  • Top Material: Spruce
  • Body Style: 220 mm flat back
  • Brand: levin
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Sweden
  • Model: 55
  • Number of Strings: 8
  • Condition: Extra preserved mandolin from 1958. with minimal cosmetick imperfections.

    Description

    8-string Mandolin.Produced in 1958. Flat back.Body width: 220 mm.Spruce top with.Birch back & sides.Single-bound top.Unbound back.Unbound headstock.Unbound walnut fingerboard with pearloid dot inlay.Sunburst finish.
    Levin, was Sweden finest guitar builder, and was probably inspired by Larson Brothers (guitars) when they both lived in USA at the same time during 1890-1900. Herman Levin then went back to Sweden, to start the Levin company. The Levin brand was later bought 1973 by the Martin Guitars company, which also verifies these guitars good quality. All hand made and solid woods. Sometimes called the "Gibson of Scandinavia".
    Madolin have new Stagg strings.
    Sold together with the original Levin soft cover..serial number 236.....mandolin number 378026.
    A beautiful and extremely well-preserved instrument.