Hello, look at this mandolin from 1933 . look according to his age!!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lev...0AAOSwr-Vc1JIB
and another model from 1945 but have small crack
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lev...QAAOSwm1VcsM-Y
Hello, look at this mandolin from 1933 . look according to his age!!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lev...0AAOSwr-Vc1JIB
and another model from 1945 but have small crack
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lev...QAAOSwm1VcsM-Y
Bunch of Levins being sold from Sweden.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
there have been several on e bay. some are very plain, but they seem to be going cheap. do i need another mandolin??? sorry that just slipped out, must be what my wife whispers in my ear all night while i sleep.
but the levins i have played sounded very nice
I agree with Allen. Recently, there have been an unusual high number of Levins (out of Sweden) on eBay. Did everybody in Sweden stop playing mandolin or did Levin simple make so many mandolins. They never stopped making instruments during WWII because Sweden cooperated with the Nazis... although, I would imaging WWII cut into sales. Levin was active from 1900 to 1978, the company produced over half a million instruments, mostly guitars, but also mandolins, banjos and lutes.
Levins are not plentiful in Florida, but I here they are made well & there's a whole lot of vintage ones available. Which I prefer to Asian mandolins. Also, they are cheap (most under $200 with shipping) but they seem to be only round & oval hole. There are 7 current auctions & 9 completed auctions of Levin Mandolins on ebay and not one has f-holes.
Last edited by your_diamond; May-16-2019 at 11:53am.
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