c. 1928 Bradbury Vintage Parlor Guitar by Lyon & Healy – Rare Brazilian Rosewood Small Body Ladder-Braced Acoustic Stella / Washburn
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- For your consideration is this c. 1928 Bradbury parlor guitar by Lyon & Healy.
- This small body parlor guitar features a ladder-braced construction with Brazilian Rosewood.
- Bradbury was a somewhat obscure Southern California Los Angeles based distributor, and all of their acoustic guitars were manufactured in Chicago, IL by Lyon & Healy.
- This example is relatively well-preserved with no cracks and no breaks.
- It plays great and sound very nice. The original small frets are still quite playable, and the action is unsurprisingly a bit high.
- Compared to other documented examples, this particular model is interesting in that it has both rope purfling and back binding: rendering it slightly more fancy than your average Bradbury acoustic guitar. It’s very reminiscent of the concurrently produced Lyon & Healy made Washburn-branded oak parlor guitar; as it has the same cosmetic appointments.
- Both the bridge and tuners have been replaced. The bottom of the body suggest it was originally outfitted with a trapeze tailpiece which has since been removed.
- Neck measurements: 1.822″ nut width, .932″ neck depth at 1st fret, .990″ neck depth at 12th fret.
- Body measurements: standby
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