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Kalamazoo Oriole Guitar and Mandolin set
Estimated price for orientation: 2 100 $
Category: Mandolins
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Description Brand: Kalamazoo KGN-12 Dexterity: Right-Handed Model: Kalamazoo Oriole String Configuration: 6 String Body Type: Mini-jumbo UPC: Does not apply
Kalamazoo KGN-12 Guitar Oriole (ca. 1940)
scale; 24.9” width at nut: 1&11/16” width at lower bout: 14&5/8” overall length: 39.5”Dark blonde, wide grain spruce face had a small chip at the edge of the lower treble bout. One piece, flat sawn cherry back showed a couple of hairline cracks. Rosewood bridge was coming up and the bridge patch was a mess. The frets were pretty worn and the tuners, nut, saddle and bridge pins were history. Fixed all that and, following a hunch, fitted a couple of support braces on either side of the sound hole to correct a slight warp there, common in ladder-braced guitars, which also appreciably improved the sound quality and volume. Yeah, it was a lot of work, but the bird got to me…and it was worth it. This is a very good guitar.Kalamazoo KMN-12 Mandolin (ca. ’40)
scale: 13&7/8” width at nut: 1.25” body width: 10.25” overall length: 26.5”A twin to the guitar, not only in looks but in sound; it’s bright, balanced and loud. The original finish had been oversprayed and a fine crack at the bass f-hole repaired and backed with veneer when I found this pretty spruce and maple item at the old Folk Shop in Tucson. Along with some set-up, a new set of tuners and a rosewood spacer fitted between the head and foot of the adjustable bridge, I applied some colored epoxy resin to the original pick guard to stop decay from oxidation.Offered as a set with the Oriole mando, each with new hard shell cases for $2,100.
Description
| Brand: | Kalamazoo KGN-12 | Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
| Model: | Kalamazoo Oriole | String Configuration: | 6 String |
| Body Type: | Mini-jumbo | UPC: | Does not apply |
Kalamazoo KGN-12 Guitar Oriole (ca. 1940)
scale; 24.9” width at nut: 1&11/16” width at lower bout: 14&5/8” overall length: 39.5”Dark blonde, wide grain spruce face had a small chip at the edge of the lower treble bout. One piece, flat sawn cherry back showed a couple of hairline cracks. Rosewood bridge was coming up and the bridge patch was a mess. The frets were pretty worn and the tuners, nut, saddle and bridge pins were history. Fixed all that and, following a hunch, fitted a couple of support braces on either side of the sound hole to correct a slight warp there, common in ladder-braced guitars, which also appreciably improved the sound quality and volume. Yeah, it was a lot of work, but the bird got to me…and it was worth it. This is a very good guitar.Kalamazoo KMN-12 Mandolin (ca. ’40)
scale: 13&7/8” width at nut: 1.25” body width: 10.25” overall length: 26.5”A twin to the guitar, not only in looks but in sound; it’s bright, balanced and loud. The original finish had been oversprayed and a fine crack at the bass f-hole repaired and backed with veneer when I found this pretty spruce and maple item at the old Folk Shop in Tucson. Along with some set-up, a new set of tuners and a rosewood spacer fitted between the head and foot of the adjustable bridge, I applied some colored epoxy resin to the original pick guard to stop decay from oxidation.Offered as a set with the Oriole mando, each with new hard shell cases for $2,100.
scale; 24.9” width at nut: 1&11/16” width at lower bout: 14&5/8” overall length: 39.5”Dark blonde, wide grain spruce face had a small chip at the edge of the lower treble bout. One piece, flat sawn cherry back showed a couple of hairline cracks. Rosewood bridge was coming up and the bridge patch was a mess. The frets were pretty worn and the tuners, nut, saddle and bridge pins were history. Fixed all that and, following a hunch, fitted a couple of support braces on either side of the sound hole to correct a slight warp there, common in ladder-braced guitars, which also appreciably improved the sound quality and volume. Yeah, it was a lot of work, but the bird got to me…and it was worth it. This is a very good guitar.Kalamazoo KMN-12 Mandolin (ca. ’40)
scale: 13&7/8” width at nut: 1.25” body width: 10.25” overall length: 26.5”A twin to the guitar, not only in looks but in sound; it’s bright, balanced and loud. The original finish had been oversprayed and a fine crack at the bass f-hole repaired and backed with veneer when I found this pretty spruce and maple item at the old Folk Shop in Tucson. Along with some set-up, a new set of tuners and a rosewood spacer fitted between the head and foot of the adjustable bridge, I applied some colored epoxy resin to the original pick guard to stop decay from oxidation.Offered as a set with the Oriole mando, each with new hard shell cases for $2,100.