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Levin Model 105
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1928 catalog

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1937 catalog


Specifications:
12-string Bass Lute.
Round back.
Body width: 360 mm.
Body depth: 160 mm.
Spruce top with undetermined bracing.
Flame maple back & sides.
Celluloid and wood purfling around top.
Mother-of-pearl inlaid rosette.
Maple neck with scroll headstock.
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with varied mother-of-pearl inlay.
Rosewood pin bridge.
Nickel plated tuners with white plastic buttons.
Natural finish.
One year warranty.

Introduced: Circa 1927

Discontinued: Circa 1931

Reintroduced: Circa 1936

12-string.
Round back.
Spruce top with undetermined bracing.
Flame maple back & sides.
5-ply celluloid bound top.
Maple neck with scroll headstock.
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with bass side block fingerboard inlay.
Rosewood pin bridge.
Nickel plated tuners.
Golden brown finish.
One year warranty.

Earliest known example: 97988 (1936)
no serial number (Circa 1937-Circa 1942)
114237 (1939)

Circa 1942:
Triple-bound top.
Flame birch back and sides.

155232 (1945)
175885 (1946)
179207 (1946)
Latest known example: 190232 (1947)