![]() ![]() Really,it’s amazing to play it – a piece of history - and the sounds is deep andmellow. ![]() This is a lovely, and quite playable, guitar unplugged. Originally this was strung with gut-I use Martin silk and steel strings slackeddown to relieve tension. ![]() It seems to plug in toyour basic wall outlet (see chord photo) and takes some 20 minutes to warm up.I have never plugged it in, so I can’t say one way or the other. This guitar is in very good condition considering its age.There’s a near-invisible hairline crack above the soundhole but it’s quitestable. Doing Eddie Langs own, April Kisses, on a recently restored 1880s Lyon & Healy.Eddie Lang originally recorded April Kisses on his iconic L5, but I think it. It features sprucetop, quartersawn oak back and sides, brass hardware, ivory nut, bridge andtuning keys, no dot markers. The Arion is actually three-quarters size. It wasof better quality than most of the other “lesser brands like Jupiter, Columbus,etc. This is an Arion (see stamp inside the sound hole). ![]() Lyon & Healy quickly grew through distribution of musical merchandise and instruments from woodwind, string to band. Here is another sweet Lyon & Healy guitar from the late1800’s. On October 14, 1864, the partners of Lyon & Healy opened their doors in a little retail shop with a stock of music at the corner of Washington and Clark Streets in Chicago as an outlet for Oliver Ditson publications. ![]()
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