Brought in for a cleanup by the original owner. He retrieved if from storage and is thinking about starting to play again. Although heavy on the storage grime, it's in very good condition, all original including the case. The "E" logo sticker on the pickguard is still intact!

Originally owned by the uncle of one of our customers, she traded him a CAN OPENER for it in the early 1960's. We're told that he felt he'd scored a great deal on her. We stabilized some soundhole damage, but otherwise it's still playable. (The headstock logo is silk-screened rather than inlaid--one of their cheaper models from the era, but the style places it before WWII.)

Certainly not our area of expertise, but maximally vibed and gloriously tricked-out. Makes me want to sit in a hunting lodge with racks of antlers and drink out of a 40 oz. stein. In surprisingly good condition, with aging bellows well-repaired. The lady who brought this to us was cleaning out a house for elderly relatives and didn't have any idea what it was. We guess its age as just past WWI because the case was lined with sheet music from the teens of the 20th century.

Part lute (doubled courses of strings in the guitar register), part mandolin (violin tuning an octave down, bowl back) this is an instrument Peter Horn has kept alive for one of his customers who plays it regularly. He did the peghead carving and pretty much rebuilt the rest.

Still playable for those with enough fortitude, our customer's father bought it used in the 30's. Now it's in the hands of his granddaughter. The case is in decent shape--we've never encountered one this old that didn't smell "basementy". As advertised, this horn has the true vintage tone, primitive key alignments, and still shows the gold inner-bell plating and hand engraving.

One of our customers has been blessed enough to have a number of heirloom-quality instruments handed down within the family. This Gibson is in spectacularly good condition--even the original case is in great shape! We didn't do any work on it--none was needed. He just brought it over to share it with us and get a set of strings!

This is one of our favorites--totally vibed-out! It belonged to the aunt of one of our adult students, who had Peter Horn restore it to playability. The background is a stencil print, and the "pineapple princess" art was then applied over the stencil areas. It sounds great, too!