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Levin Model 2
Photo
This image was used for the Model 1 in the
1902 catalog, but is more likely a Model 2.

Specifications:

Non-cutaway.
Body width: 315 mm.
Body length: 460 mm.
Body depth: 78 mm.
Spruce top.
Birch back & sides.
Bound top.
Unbound back.
Unbound headstock.
Unbound fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.
Silver plated frets.
Two-pyramid bridge.
Bridge pins and strap button with mother-of-pearl inlay.
Rosewood finished back & sides.
Orange finished top.

Also available with tailpiece (Model 2 S).

Introduced: ca 1900

ca 1907:

Double top purfling.
Changed rosette.
Unbound ebonized fingerboard with no inlay.
Brass frets.
Brass tuners.
Changed bridge design.
Mahogany finished back & sides.

ca 1910:

Unbound walnut fingerboard with no inlay.

Earliest known example: 14023 (1910) - (sanded bridge)

ca 1920:

Triple top purfling.
Unbound walnut fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.
Silver plated frets.

Latest known example: 46015 (1920)