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1951 catalog

Specifications: 8-string Mandolin. Flat back. Body width: 220 mm. Spruce top. Birch back & sides. Single-bound top. Unbound back. Unbound headstock. Unbound walnut fingerboard with pearloid dot inlay. Nickel plated tuners. Sunburst finish. One year warranty. Introduced: ca 1951 as a replacement for Model 47 ?. Earliest known example: 262262 (1951) 262465 (1951) 2863xx (1952) 2959xx (1953) 3057xx (1954) 3136xx (1954) ca 1955: Renamed Model 54. Changed tuners (old style tuners used until ca 1958). Also available in satin finish (Model 55). 338019 (1956) xxxxxx (1957) 3715xx (1958) 378756 (1958) - (no "Levin" on tailpiece) Latest known example: 425219 (1962)