Description:
Romantic Parlor Guitar, 19th Century, unlabeled, scale length 19 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500
7" crack in back from center to lower edge, multiple top cracks (some splinted),missing bar frets at 4th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th frets, missing shell inlay from rosette, strung with gut strings.
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