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Levin Model 1
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1902 catalog

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1907 catalog

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1923 catalog


Specifications:
Non-cutaway.
Body width: 315 mm.
Body length: 460 mm.
Body depth: 78 mm.
Spruce top with ladder bracing.
Birch back & sides.
Unbound top.
Unbound back.
Unbound headstock.
Unbound ebonized fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.
Silver plated frets.
Ebonized bridge.
Bridge pins and strap button with mother-of-pearl inlay.
Mahogany finished back & sides.
Natural finished top.
Also available with tailpiece (Model 1 S).

Introduced: Circa 1900

Circa 1906:
Changed rosette.
Unbound ebonized fingerboard with no inlay.
Brass frets.
Brass tuners.
Rosewood finished back & sides.

Earliest known example: 11669 (1909)

Circa 1910:
Walnut fingerboard with no inlay.

12614 (1910)
26205 (1915)

Circa 1918:
Walnut fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.

40744 (1918)

Circa 1923:
Silver plated frets.

51843 (1923) - (added back strip)
54173 (1924)
Latest known example: 54176 (1924)