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Levin Model 17 Rio
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1948 catalog


Specifications:
Non-cutaway.
Body width: 360 mm.
Body length: 470 mm.
Scale length: 630 mm.
Spruce top with undetermined bracing.
Birch back & sides.
Single-bound top.
Single-bound back.
Mahogany neck.
Unbound headstock.
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with 18 frets & pearl dot inlay.
Rosewood bridge.
Nickel plated strip tuners.
Sunburst finish.
One year warranty.

Introduced: Circa 1947

Earliest known example: 194445 (1947)
199010 (1948)
209552 (1949)
241330 (1950)
243438 (1951)
249870 (1951) - (floating bridge & tailpiece)
Latest known example: 254872 (1951)

Circa 1951:
Replaced by Model 27 Texas.