I have an older (late 60's) white-label soprano that has been restored. It has great tone & beautiful wood-grain patterns. Bought initially by a hoarder vacationing in Hawaii, it was brought back to Florida & added to her "stash". It sat in its original box - unused for decades - until my brother (a neighbor of the hoarder) received it from the hoarder several years ago; he passed it along to me. It also had the splitting (or un-gluing) between the two back pieces just beginning to be evident, but a great local luthier carefully repaired it, as well as re-gluing the bridge. It has new Aquila strings and a new hard case.