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GALLERY 2 From time to time we get interesting instruments in the shop or we make something which are a bit out of the ordinary. Some are simply strange, some are beautiful and some are simply cool. Whatever they may be, I find them interesting and this page will be a place for me to post photos of these items. HOWE-ORME We recently got a very interesting guitar in for repair. It is a Howe-Orme, made about the turn of the last century (i.e. 1900). It was made in Boston and is very unusual. The top has a very unusual curvature - sort of like a barrel shape in the middle. It isn't carved - the top is simply bent into this shape. In addition the neck attachment is unique. It is a 3 point mechanical system designed to allow for easy and almost limitless adjustment of the neck angle. The only thing that I have seen in recent years that uses this system is some guitars made by Rick Turner, a very fine contemporary guitar maker. Rick is an admitted devotee of the Howe-Orme instruments. Some photos are found below: Serial # 2165 Dimensions: Length of Body: 19" Width - Lower Bout: 13 1/2" Width - waist: 8" Width - upper bout: 10" Scale length: 25".
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