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Bjärton La Rita
Photo
1957 catalog

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1959 catalog

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1963 catalog

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1963 catalog

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1966 catalog

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1967 catalog

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1971 catalog

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1972 catalog

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1979 catalog


Specifications:
Body width: 380 mm.
Body length: 490 mm.
Scale length: 630 mm.
Spruce top with fan bracing.
Walnut back & sides.
6-ply bound top.
4-ply bound soundhole.
Single-bound back.
3-piece mahogany neck.
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with side block inlay.
Strip tuners.
Natural finish.
10 year warranty.

Introduced: Circa 1957

Earliest known example: 5792 (Circa 1957)
6078 (Circa 1957)
6168 (Circa 1957)
6178 (Circa 1957)
6626 (Circa 1957)
7933 (Circa 1958) - (assembled later?, 1961-1963 features)

Circa 1958:
Changed rosette design.

8695 (Circa 1958)

Circa 1959:
Scale length: 650 mm.
Fingerboard ends straight.

unknown number (Circa 1960)

Circa 1960:
Unbound soundhole.

23789 (Circa 1961)
23972 (Circa 1961)
29215 (Circa 1962)
31336 (Circa 1962)

Circa 1963:
Also available for export under the Hagström brand.
Marketed in the U.S.A. as Hagström HC-20.

49179 (1964) - (España rosette, different neck)
55572 (1964)
60364 (1964)
65196 (1965)
67473 (1965)
70243 (1965)
78317 (1966)
81880 (1966)
83581 (1966)

Circa 1967:
Changed headstock design.
No fingerboard inlay.

90602 (1967)

Circa 1967:
Sloped shoulders.
Changed headstock design.

98792 (1968)

Circa 1969:
Changed headstock design.

104863 (1969)

Circa 1970:
Changed rosette design.
Vertical headstock logo.
Fingerboard ends rounded.

123307 (1971)
123309 (1971)
133472 (1973)
140608 (1973)
54142795 (1974)
54145484 (1974)
54146801 (1974) - (Hagström)
54147010 (1974)

Circa 1974:
Changed rosette design.
54148635 (1974)
54152162 (1975)
54156779 (1975)
54169821 (1977)
54174678 (Circa 1978)

Circa 1979:
Marketed in Germany as Hagström Silvia.

54191707 (Circa 1980)
54203087 (Circa 1981)
54204119 (Circa 1982)

Circa 1983:
Changed rosette design.
54216794 (Circa 1983)
54217526 (Circa 1983)
54222881 (Circa 1984)
Latest known example: 225815 (Circa 1984)