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1937 catalog

Specifications: 8-string Mandolin. Arched top & back. Body width: 260 mm. Hand carved top & back. Spruce top. Flame maple back & sides. Single-bound top with unbound f-holes. Single-bound back. Single-bound pickguard. Single-bound headstock. Flame maple neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. Single-bound ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl diamond inlay. Nickel plated tuners. Sunburst finish. Ten year warranty. Introduced: ca 1937 ca 1942: Walnut or flame maple back & sides. Walnut neck. Changed tailpiece design. ca 1945: Rosewood fingerboard. Earliest known example: 165954 (1945) ca 1947: Replaced by Model 41 King. Latest known example: 197667 (1948)