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Levin Model 5
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1902 catalog


Specifications:
Non-cutaway.
Body width: 315 mm.
Body length: 460 mm.
Body depth: 78 mm.
Spruce top with ladder bracing.
Birch back & sides.
Slightly fancier binding & rosette than Model 4.
Unbound back.
Unbound headstock.
Unbound ebonized fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.
Silver plated frets.
Ebonized bridge.
Bridge pins and strap button with mother-of-pearl inlay.
Mahogany finished back & sides.
Natural finished top.

Introduced: Circa 1900

Circa 1906:
Body depth: 90 mm.
Unbound top.
Unbound walnut fingerboard with mother-of-pearl inlay.
Rosewood finished back & sides.
Orange finished top with whitened edges.
Pyramid bridge.
Nickel plated tuners.
Also available with tailpiece.

Earliest known example: 17711 (1912)
Latest known example: 25711 (1914)