Re: Harmony 'Patrician' / Monterrey
Monterey is a model like Patrician was. Both were built by Harmony and it doesn't change the value. Without the date stamp we need a catalog page from one of our members. The tuners will place it before the late 60's when they went to the higher ratio tuning machines. The question is how many years before? That kidney shaped tailpiece cover might or might not be original. I believe that cover fits on the same base as the Waverly Cloud tailpiece that we are used to seeing.
Added: The tailpiece cover is probably original, I just found a catalog page of Harmony mandolins with that tailpiece as early as the mid 30's.
Harmony apparently used that H417 model number for decades on dissimilar instruments.
Last edited by MikeEdgerton; Apr-17-2018 at 2:38pm.
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