This is an Hawaiian style parlor guitar made for the Oscar Schmidt Company of Jersey City, New Jersey out of solid book matched Koa in the 1920's.  Oscar Schmidt didn't issue year-related serial numbers so I do not know the exact year of manufacture.  It has the original paper label which tells us this is an “Hawaiian Guitar” Oscar Schmidt Company of Jersey City, New Jersey.  It is designed so it could be played on the player’s lap with a steel slide, and often using finger picks, but it has a round neck which is straight and the frets are in good condition.  Many guitars of this style were converted to be played like any other "Spanish style" guitar.  This guitar has a string clearance of about 3/32" above the first fret and about 1/8" above the 12th fret where the neck and body meet, so it is playable as a Spanish style guitar.  The clearance at the nut could be lowered if desired. In the 1920’s or early 1930’s when this guitar was made there was a craze over Hawaiian music, resulting in many ukuleles, lap steels and Hawaiian guitars being made, often of solid Koa from Hawaii.  The front, back and sides of this guitar are made of solid book matched KOA.  The original finish (or a very old one) is present and shows crazing and wear commensurate with the age of the instrument. There is the traditional "rope" pattern binding around the top and in the sound hole rosette; there are a couple of small places where someone has put a wood putty in to fill a damaged section of the top binding. The tuners are the originals and work well but have some rust on the base plates. The bridge is made of Rosewood and fingerboard is made of Ebony with mother of pearl inlays.The bone nut and saddle appear to be the original ones, and the finish and even the bridge pins (except one) and end pin appear to be the originals.  The bridge may have been repaired (small cracks) and reglued many years ago and there may have been a neck reset many years ago. The bridge pins appear to be made of Koa and all but one has a pearl inlay.  In my examination of the instrument, I found that there are two top cracks, both of which are tightly closed, glued, cleated, and stable.  One is in the upper bout from the rosette to the top of the body on the right side of the guitar (the finish has been repaired over that crack).  The other is very short and is near the end block.  There is one crack in the side of the guitar to the right of the neck heel (this has also been glued and cleated and is stable). The guitar is 12-1/2” wide, 37” long and 3-5/8” deep overall.  The guitar is structurally sound with no loose braces or open cracks and the bridge is securely attached.  It has been strung with silk and steel strings.  I have done my best to accurately describe this instrument, but please remember that is nearly 100 years old and some details may have escaped my knowledge and attention. There is no case offered with this auction, but I am willing to put a new archtop Gator brand hard shell parlor guitar case around it for $100 additional if the buyer wishes.  I will double box and fully insure the guitar for shipping. Please ask any questions you have before bidding.  Shipping cost to the buyer will be $45 fully insured to anywhere in the contiguous 48 states and actual cost elsewhere.  Thank you for reading the entire description.