vinceherman
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I took a fall foliage trip through New England. It was pretty!
While in Vermont, I stopped in to see Jake Wildwood and get his input on the taro patch I inherited. I had previously sent him pictures but seeing it in person would let him evaluate the previous repair work that had been done.
I had a great time! I learned a lot about this instrument. The original guess was that this was a Harmony from the 20's. This was from looking at pictures of other old instruments on Jake's museum pages.
Once Jake held it, he said that several features clearly indicated it was an Oscar Schmidt. Teens or maybe 20's. He played it and suggested a few fixes. I also opted to swap out the Grover Champion pegs with some planetary geared pegs.
Oh, did I mention that Jake played it?
Thanks for all the help on embedding the video. I was using the filmstrip icon, but pasting the 'embed' link from youtube. Turns out that using the film strip icon and pasting the direct video link works.
While in Vermont, I stopped in to see Jake Wildwood and get his input on the taro patch I inherited. I had previously sent him pictures but seeing it in person would let him evaluate the previous repair work that had been done.
I had a great time! I learned a lot about this instrument. The original guess was that this was a Harmony from the 20's. This was from looking at pictures of other old instruments on Jake's museum pages.
Once Jake held it, he said that several features clearly indicated it was an Oscar Schmidt. Teens or maybe 20's. He played it and suggested a few fixes. I also opted to swap out the Grover Champion pegs with some planetary geared pegs.
Oh, did I mention that Jake played it?
Thanks for all the help on embedding the video. I was using the filmstrip icon, but pasting the 'embed' link from youtube. Turns out that using the film strip icon and pasting the direct video link works.
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