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The VintAxe Guitar Forum A Place for Vintage Guitar Enthusiasts to Pursue their Passion 2008-09-08T07:59:47-06:00 http://www.vintaxe.com/phpBB3/feed.php?f=29&t=1037 2008-09-08T07:59:47-06:00 2008-09-08T07:59:47-06:00 http://www.vintaxe.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=1037&p=3907#p3907 <![CDATA[Antique parlor guitar]]> Statistics: Posted by jeff mercer — Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:59 am

]]> 2008-08-26T11:28:59-06:00 2008-08-26T11:28:59-06:00 http://www.vintaxe.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=1037&p=3833#p3833 <![CDATA[Antique parlor guitar]]> I'm still there, not as often as I would like but...
I read your replies with interest and a real pleasure. I am happy that you found it is an interesting & nice guitar and happy to benefit from your precious help too.

Bugs:
> "...if you suspect that Harmony had a hand in the making of it check with these guys, they will be able to tell you as far as Harmony goes, I hope this helps: http://216.219.212.85/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi...

Thanks for your help and the link. I've tried to enter their forum but never succeeded: it would seem that my @ address is considered to be the adress of a spammer.

> "...I am pretty sure that you can rule out Stella and Regal, I breifly checked them and didn't see any matches."

In one of his posts, Jeff told me about a Regal tiple he owns, whose binding is nearly identical: red & green and which has a wooden nut as well. I searched from my own and found some pics which show numerous "common points" (straight saddle, wooden nut, intricate colored binding) between a 1920's Regal tiple and my guitar : http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Museum/ ... tiple.html.
I also recently asked Chuck Fayne : http://www.fleamarketmusic.com/uke%2Dya ... search.asp if he knew if Regal had made any guitars for Paul Summers and am waiting for a possible answer.
However, I believe that the 2 binding works are too similar to have been made by 2 different brands.With these informations, it seems to me that it is effectively an old Regal made guitar.
Thanks again.

Jeff :

> " Have you been playing it ? "

- Yes, and it is a "régal" to play it (c'est un régal = french idiom which means : humm, it's delicious! ).The first thing which really surprises is the weight of this guitar : ultra light, balsa wood ! Several times I re-opened the case to verify it was indeed inside. Tuners works fine, guitar stays tuned, no effort for the picking hand, the intonation is correct up to the third fret (when fingering with left hand is still possible) but beyond, the action is too high for fingers but nice for slide .

> "How does it sound? "

- The guitar sounds nice ...the player has some practice to do !! Seriously, it sounds very sweet but can be very powerful when you play harder, or strum it. I find it has a nice balance between bass, medium and high strings and the last ones are never "covered" by the others. The sound would be better with a new set of strings, it seems these ones are as old at least as the guitar!
I mostly play with the guitar tuned DADF#AD or DGDGBD. I avoid GBDGBD because I'm afraid of an excessive tension on the neck.
It is very difficult to "describe" the sound of an instrument only with words, especially when it is not our own language. I can try to send you an mp3 file some day but ...please listen the guitar, not the player. I'm only playing slide since a year and a half.

> "If it wasn't what you were looking for,do please let me know,maybe we could work something out..."

-So far, I keep it because it's a really good sounding and nice guitar to play and it looks beautiful, but if ..., one day...,who knows..., I promise that you will be the first person i'll make the deal with!

all the best
Gerald

Statistics: Posted by Bluemoan — Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:28 am

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Statistics: Posted by Bluemoan — Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:56 am

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First off, let me apologize for not getting back to you sooner. I'm very busy in that period because as a school teacher and as it is the end of the school year, there is a lot of things to be made, to be ended...

On the other hand, as my english langage is a little bit "rough" , I need a lot of time to try to find the right words ( do I succeed ???) to be comprehensible
or, at least, not to be misunderstood...

Anyway, i thank you all for your replies, your time and your help. I'm still there & i sure will want to stay in touch and I'll send more pics in the next days(ie. nut, fingerboard, neck...)

Thanks again

Statistics: Posted by Bluemoan — Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:37 am

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A google search for "paul summers guitar" gives a few hits for ukeleles and we find "

Harold and Paul Summers were teachers of the ukulele in Hawaii in the 30s and 40s and taught locals and tourists alike at places like the Royal Hawaiian and Moana hotels. They made (or more probably had some other manufacturer make) ukuleles for their students.

http://www.geocities.com/~ukulele/myukes.html

and

Paul F. Summers, Famous Waikiki, Trade-Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Office, Koa Ukeleles, Steel Guitars, Made In Hawaii.

Go to http://www.fleamarketmusic.com/uke%2Dya ... search.asp and search for Paul Summers

Then "Paul Summers had a studio in both the Moana Hotel and RHH in the late 1920s-30s but he wasn't making the instruments he sold. Sam Chang, according to his daughter, made instruments for Summers; whether they were labeled Royal Hawaiian is another question. As early as 1916 the "Hawaiian Ukulele Co." advertised Royal ukuleles, though this is too early since the RHH opened in 1927.

And not all ukuleles labeled Royal Hawaiian were sold at the RHH; it's a very common name for businesses in Honolulu both then and now. Likely the largest maker of Royal Hawaiian ukuleles in Honolulu was C.Q. Yee Hop who started advertising "Royal Hawaiian Ukuleles" as early as 1929 and continuedfor several years. C.Q. was a big curio manufacturer located on King St. "

from:
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:WX ... d=29&gl=au


So what does all this mean? It is obvious I have absolutely no idea...sorry...

Statistics: Posted by jedistar — Thu May 01, 2008 6:11 am

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I recently bought a "supposed-to-be" 1930 Stella ... "probably an Oscar Schmidt made parlor guitar", the seller wrote (ebay).
I do not see either brand, or label, or serial number out or in the guitar:
- back and side > mahogany (i presume)
- on the head I can read : Paul Summers / Honolulu.
- original pickguard shape
Neil Harpe (info@stellaguitars.com) says he's sure it is not a guitar made in Jersey City by the Oscar Schmidt Company... may be an Harmony, Regal or even a Larson's brothers guitar.
I really would like to find some informations about it, but I don't succeed.
Can anybody help ?

Thanks
Gerald.



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