![]() ![]() Flawless neck set and set up with comfortable 4-3 action. Gorgeous Brazilian rosewood back and sides, bound with white celluloid including the inlaid back strip, Adirondack spruce top with Spanish cedar neck, freshly French polished by New Hampshire luthier Pat Diburro. Overall: 36 3/4 in x 12 7/16 in x 5 in 93.345 cm x 31.59125 cm x 12. 1926 Lyon & Healy manufactured Washburn Model 5202 Concert size Parlor Guitar. United States: Illinois, Chicago Measurements As depicted in an 1898-99 Lyon & Healy catalog, this three-quarter size ”Washburn” model guitar, item number 123-3/4, is described: “Rosewood, with Inlaid and Celluloid-Bound Edges, Top and Bottom Handsomely Colored Wood Inlaying around Sound-Hole Celluloid-Bound Finger-Board Beautiful Inlaid Stripe down the Back Best Quality Ebony Finger-Board Celluloid-Bound with Engraved Pearl Position Marks Ebony Bridge Fine Quality Patent Head Nickel-Plated.” This guitar sold for $29.40 in 1898. ![]() The company also made musical instruments but is best known as a manufacturer of harps. Smiths Vintage 1920s Washburn Lyon & Healy Style A Parlor. Lyon & Healy quickly expanded as a retail distributor for musical instruments. Cream City Music is one of the worlds finest guitar shops with selections including the G.E. The company was founded in 1864 by George Washburn Lyon and Patrick Joseph Healy as a music publications shop for the Boston Company of Oliver Ditson. This guitar, serial #140926, was made by Lyon & Healy of Chicago, Illinois around 1900-1905. ![]()
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