Harmony Stella H931 USA Vintage 1964 Parlor Blues Acoustic.
________________________________________________________ *** VINTAGE & TRADITIONAL GUITARS *** New Listing! - 28/10/2024. ________________________________________________________ ACOUSTIC BLUES VINTAGE PARLOR - HARMONY STELLA H931 CHICAGO, USA 1964 ALL SOLID BIRCH, LADDER BRACED, 12 FRET FIXED BRIDGE GUITAR - Workshop Restoration Completed...original, except previously-fitted Rosewood Replacement String-Through Bridge. Slightly Slimmer than usual Nut Width. Fretted or Slide/Bottleneck Play. _________________________________________________________ Stock Number: VTG1502 . In addition to the following description notes, further background information and restoration details can be found on my Vintage & Traditional Guitars website, on this link.... https://www.vintagetraditionalguitars.co.uk/details.php?id=554 .....also includes YouTube video demos and details of same model guitar, and link to the now archived Harmony Guitars Database page on the H931 Harmony Stella. *** The H931 is one of the fixed-bridge versions of the Stella models which Harmony made, and are less numerous than the variety of floating bridge. In this form was only made by Harmony, Chicago during the period 1964 to 1966, and has the distinctive Harmony "Redburst" finish, pioneered on the Monterey archtop model. Original ink date stamp is clearly visible, reading S-64, confirming that the guitar is from one of the 1964 production runs. *** This particular example had had some work carried out before it came to me, possibly including a neck reset, in addition to the fitting of a Rosewood string through bridge, in place of the original bridge unit, also of string-through design. *** It has marginally slimmer nut width than the 1 3/4" which is standard for Harmony Stella guitars....the 43.5mm. dimension is a little over 1 11/16ths. This gives slightly narrower string spacing at the nut of 37.5mm. Nevertheless, there is no sign of any alteration from manufacture. *** Set-up on the guitar will allow standard fretted play, or bottleneck style play, albeit with a little higher than usual action....not a problem for blues styles of play, due to lower string tension on shorter 24.25" scale. *** Condition....essentially original, except for a replaced bridge...finish & colour as good as you are likely to find on a guitar of this type, at 60 years old - inevitably a little edge wear, & marking...also filled screw holes at the rear, where someone previously attempted fitting a tailpiece....in the main, really the minimum for one of this type and age. *** Restoration work completed includes.... Remove inaccuracies/slight misalignment in the fingerboard, by re-levelling, maintaining original flat profile, prior to installing new frets. All now completed. Nut, which appears to be replacement bone, has been adjusted and re-fitted, as so has the bone saddle. Following initial inspection with the professional luthier I work with, minor work was also carried to glue and secure two very slight top seam separations, and one small side crack, on the line of the internal linings, just adjoining the neck heal. Additional bracing pieces were also installed alongside the sound hole to provide additional reinforcement to that area if the top....an upgrade we have carried out many times on these Stellas. Other minor work includes adding vintage-type bootlace tuner ferrules/bushings, which were not factory installed until later in the '60s. As mentioned bridge is a Rosewood string through replacement unit, previously fitted elsewhere. Slight finish disturbance in front of bridge, following previous removal, but is not in any way disfiguring. Other fittings original and in sound operational condition....one tuning machine key is slightly bent, but has been left rather than risk increasing damage in trying to straighten, but works fine! ***The 12th. fret action is at the range I aim for on these parlor blues guitars, at around 3.5mm.....the guitar is therefore not for players who require low action heights, but is an acoustic blues guitar set-up which, with lower. string tension due to the shorter scale length, would suit blues players for combined fretted and bottleneck & slide playing styles. It has been strung with a string set of Martin Retro Monel Light gauge 12-54 strings. There is no case included, but I may be able to offer additional options and the guitar will be packed securely for postage. *** In my Vintage & Traditional Guitars website details on this guitar I have embedded and linked various YouTube demos of similar model guitars. I have restricted the wording here to a basic outline, so please do fully research the details provided on my VTG website, and contact me for any further information in order to fulfil your purchase. Thank you, Bob Chaffer, Vintage & Traditional Guitars. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Details
- ConditionRefurbished
- CategoryGuitars - Acoustic guitars
- BrandStella
- ModelHarmony Stella H931.
- VintageYes
- WarrantyThis item is sold as described
Year
1964.
Made in
Chicago, USA.
Location
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