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Levin Model 135
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1928 catalog

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1931 catalog

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1934 catalog


Specifications:
6-string Lute.
Flat back.
Body width: 360 mm.
Body depth: 90 mm.
Spruce top with undetermined bracing.
Birch back & sides.
5-ply wood bound top.
White-wood neck.
Unbound walnut fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.
Black plastic tuner buttons.
Natural finish.
One year warranty.

Introduced: Circa 1927

Earliest known example: 65045 (1928)
66735 (1928)

Circa 1929:
Changed rosette design.

70160 (1929)

Circa 1930:
Mosaic bound top.

73860 (1930)
75017 (1930)
754xx (1930)

Circa 1930:
Mosaic and celluloid bound top.
Brass tuners with white plastic buttons.
Fingerboard dot inlay on 12th fret.

76323 (1931)
77554 (1931)
82565 (1933)

Circa 1933:
Round back.
Flame birch back & sides.
Rosewood fingerboard.
Nickel plated tuners.

89609 (1934)
Latest known example: 118772 (1939)