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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 3603506, member: 55&quot;]It is stamped &quot;Henry Mason, Boston&quot;, around 1910-1920.&nbsp; He apparently was a luthier of the period, but also sold instruments under his name that had been made by Gibson and others.</p><p>This is a parlor-sized rosewood guitar, and more finely-braced than Martins of the period.&nbsp; A 1910 Martin parlor guitar would have a cross-braced top, but a straight-braced back.&nbsp; On this, the back is a complicated bracing system, with small diagonal braces joining small straight braces. As a result it is extremely light-weight, and incredibly resonant. It just sings; just sitting in a room where other guitars are being played, the top and back pick up the vibrations and are buzzing under one&#039;s hands.&nbsp; This parlor guitar is louder than friends&#039; Martin D-18s. The detailing of the rosewood embellishment on the back of the head-piece is especially nice, something I&#039;ve not seen on any other guitar.</p><p>I bought it at the Goodwill, broken, in case I needed some small rosewood pieces for repairs.&nbsp; About 30 years later I realized it was an extremely good instrument, possibly worth repairing.&nbsp; The damage: back had several full-length splits, and was almost entirely separated from the sides; neck had come off, and been replaced incorrectly and too high; to compensate, the bridge had been shaved down. Some binding missing.</p><p>Repairs: fix the splits, rejoin back to the sides; remove and reset neck; rebuild bridge to correct height. replace missing binding. I know an excellent luthier, and for relatively little cost he brought it back to life, not worrying about cosmetic details.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]307008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]307007[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]307006[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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