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Lars68	Great old guitar factory photos	Lead	[-]
(04/02/09 8:19 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None http://www.vintage-guitars.se/Levin_history.htm Some really great photos of guitar making from the beginning of the last century and onwards. Lars
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(04/02/09 8:32 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Henk
robwil54		#2	[-]
(04/02/09 9:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That's really cool Lars; thanks for digging that up! Bob
Fingerstyle2		#3	[-]
(04/02/09 10:39 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Here's a recent thread on the subject: Levin history
jscio		#4	[-]
(04/02/09 11:38 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Lars; excellent photo essay. Thanks for posting it. Very cool.
plummeritus		#5	[-]
(04/02/09 4:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Wow! I really enjoyed looking at these photos. It is like taking a trip back in time. Thank you.
Ted Hutson		#6	[-]
(04/03/09 1:12 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I always thought Goodall's bridges were so contemporary looking. But there's a Goodall-shaped bridge on a slot head guitar in the 11th picture. '56 000-21, CharlieCard, $1.25
Mac Mechanic		#7	[-]
(04/03/09 11:48 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It's remarkable that there could have been such a huge demand in Sweden for guitars in the early 40's, during the war. Paul I may be wrong, but I'm not far from it...
entropy1049		#8	[-]
(04/03/09 5:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Super interesting link! Thank You for sharing! *READYFIREAIM* Mike
onewent		#9	[-]
(04/03/09 7:18 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Wow, really nice photos..didn't know Benary worked w/ Levin .. I know for fact that Benary was listed in the NYC census records as a guitar maker in the 1890's. Here's what a Benary from about that time period looked like..maybe a Style P? ..Brazillian rosewood b & s and more herringbone than a Martin! Total knock-off of a Tilton. It's just amazing how many guitars were pumped out in those days! I often wonder what percentage have survived ? ..thanks for the posting..Tom Last Edited By: onewent 04/03/09 7:20 PM. Edited 1 times.
MagnusHultin		#10	[-]
(04/21/09 4:46 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I spent most of last friday afternoon with Goran Levin, grandson of Herman Levin. I actually held the Metropolis Guitars catalog i my hands. Goran told me that the Metropolis Company was started by these two gentlemen as a joint venture where Benary came with the financing and Herman Levin with the woodworking skills. Herman had spent som years in the NY area working on differrent jobs related to carpenting. For long periods he was laying floors in private houses. Before teaming up with Benary he worked for some time in a Guitar factory in NY started by an Austrian immigrant, Goran couldn´t remember the company name. Herman never ever worked for Martin as rumour has it. This was confirmed to Goran Levin by the old man Martin (Frank Martins father) duriing the period Goran worked for Martin (as president of Levin Gutars and as responsible for European distribution of Martin) in the seventies. Tom, I am shure Rikard at Vintage Guitars would be interrested in some close-up photos of Your Benary Guitar to present on the site... /Magnus
onewent		#11	[-]
(04/22/09 6:16 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Magnus, thanks for the tip, I sent him an email..I enjoyed all the info on their site.. It's interesting that Benary was a money provider..census records show that he only came into the US in the early 1890's, from Canada..wonder where/how he came up with the money to fund Metropolis? Tom Last Edited By: onewent 04/22/09 6:18 PM. Edited 1 times.

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