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Levin Model 4 Orchestra
Photo
1948 catalog

Photo
1957 catalog


Specifications:
Non-cutaway.
Body width: 445 mm.
Body length: 530 mm.
Hand carved spruce top.
Walnut back & sides.
4-ply bound top with single-bound f-holes.
Single-bound back.
Triple-bound pickguard.
Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod.
Single-bound headstock with pearloid inlay.
Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid block inlay.
Nickel plated hardware.
Sunburst (4) or natural (4N) finish.
Ten year warranty.
Also available with a
Wingtone pickup (1950 Levin catalog).
Electro Wingtone pickup
(shown here with a Model 2 Solist pickguard).

Introduced: Circa 1947

Earliest known example: 192699 (1947)
200307 (1948)
204104 (1948) - (converted to cutaway, added pickups and controls, changed nut & tuners, later bridge)
229761 (1950)
242149 (1950) - (missing pickguard, De Luxe tailpiece, 4-ply back binding)
235098 (1950)

Circa 1950:
Large bridge thumbwheels.

258720 (1951)
262050 (1951)
281250 (1952)
3004xx (1953)

Circa 1955:
Cutaway.

Earliest known cutaway example: Latest known non-cutaway example:
353676 (1957)
353686 (1957)

Circa 1957:
Modified inlay on headstock.
Adjustable truss rod.
Tuners with metal buttons.
Changed tailpiece design.

360217 (1957)
361150 (1957)
Latest known example: 366757 (1958)