The research I found says that those guitars were noted for that arched top among other aspects, and I see where you think your instrument bears similarities to the Chicago stuff-like Lyon and Healy.īut, here’s what I’ll say about that parlor guitar: that grain of the spruce top is amazing and the Brazilian back and sides are glorious-DARK. I’d reach out to Rick Turner (the luthier of the Renaissance model-for Lindsey Buckingham) In this article, he states he had many of the Elias Howe instruments. ACADEMY BOSTON" and an interior label visible from the soundhole identifying it as "Elias Howe Co. It's a parlor guitar (12.75" across the lower bout, 24.5" scale), with no markings other than a stamp on the back of the headstock reading "E.H.C.O. Any thoughts on what this is? I figure I can put some money into repairs, but don't want to go crazy if it's not worth it.įeb 06, 2020I took a flier and made an impulse purchase on Reverb recently and am hoping that y'all can help me understand what I have.
I've provided one picture below, and linked to a handful more here (and here's the original listing on Reverb).
I haven't tuned it up yet since I'm at work, so can't comment on the sound. Overall it seems in pretty good cosmetic shape for its age. There is a repair/reinforcement on the bridge plate (like maybe a Stew Mac Platemate?), but I haven't been able to get in and investigate yet. It's on the edge of needing a neck reset, especially for playing up the neck. There's a ~6" area of binding replaced and one small (less than 1cm) area of purfling missing. It's in pretty good shape there are a couple of clean top cracks that I need to have a luthier look at, at least one repaired side crack, and there is evidence that it once sported a tailpiece (three screw holes by the endpin). It looks similar to guitars online purported to be built by Lyon & Healy (especially to bridge shape, rosette/purfling, and overall shape/construction).
There's some info about the Elias Howe Company here, and I found a link to an Elias Howe Academy mandolin with the same label as this guitar, but most of the info/photos I found are of Howe Orne cylinder top guitars, which seem pretty different from this one. I took a flier and made an impulse purchase on Reverb recently and am hoping that y'all can help me understand what I have.
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