1920s Harmony "Lindbergh" Airplane Bridge 00-Size Guitar

I've worked on this same model of guitar in a variety of formats. Ready for them? Here's almost the same thing -- here's the gussied-up version -- and here's a gussied-up, slightly-smaller version.

People do hate it when I call these "Lindbergh" guitars (please note my air quotes) because the airplane bridge design has nothing to do with Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic, but common parlance around the net calls these "Lindbergh" guitars so I have to reference it anyway -- just like common parlance calls any 0-size instrument a parlor guitar these days. Oh well, humanity's tragic loss of specificity...!

Anyhow, this one arrived here for a bridge-plate fill/redrill repair but it I also gave it a quick level/dress of the frets and a little bit of setup adjustment work. The last guys to work on this did a really good job (assuming neck reset, refret, and new bone saddle) but it needed a little tweaking to bring it back in spec again.

My opinion on these instruments? They're lovely. They really sound darn good as fingerpickers and they look grand while doing it. They're insanely-light in their construction, though, and in the clip I have this tuned down to Eb because I worried about tuning the strings (12s on this, maybe?) up to E-to-E. I would usually use 11s at maximum for E-to-E, standard pitch on one of these guitars. Despite the long, with-the-grain bridge, the top definitely "domes" under the bridge and midsection due to that light design and tension on it.