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Levin Model 400 / Model 340
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1928 catalog

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1934 catalog

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1937 catalog


Specifications:
8-string Mandolin.
Flat back.
Body width: 255 mm.
Body depth: 70 mm.
Spruce top with undetermined bracing.
Birch back & sides.
Single-bound top.
Single-bound back.
Black pickguard.
Unbound headstock.
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.
Nickel plated tuners.
Dark mahogany finish.
One year warranty.

Introduced: Circa 1927

Earliest known example: 66241 (1928)

Circa 1930:
Changed pickguard shape.

73188 (1930)

Redesigned: Circa 1933

Specifications:
8-string Mandolin.
Flat back.
Body width: 255 mm.
Spruce top with ladder bracing.
Maple back & sides.
Single-bound top.
Unbound back.
Black pickguard.
Unbound headstock.
Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.
Nickel plated tuners.
Sunburst finish.
One year warranty.

89138 (1934)

Circa 1937:
Renamed Model 340.

Earliest known example: 1046xx (1937)
1054xx (1937)
111667 (1938)

Circa 1941:
Flame birch back & sides.

Circa 1942:
Perloid fingerboard inlay.
Changed tailpiece design.


Circa 1943:
Walnut fingerboard.

142475 (1943)
145218 (1944)
1675xx (1945)
1xxxxx (1946)
192130 (1947)
Latest known example: 198007 (1948)