1940s Harmony H929 Stella Parlor Guitar

Overview: This is a really early example for this model. It's got the big-old '30s/'40s neck profile, looks that are slightly more sedate than the later Stella H929s, and a sound that's a little warmer and fuller. It's still the Stella parlor palette, but the wood is ever so slightly thinner than the later '50s and '60s models. I can't read the date stamp inside but I'll bet it dates to the early '40s or very late '30s, right after Harmony picked-up the Oscar Schmidt Stella brand names. 

Repairs included: Ancel gave it a neck reset, fret level/dress, side dots, cleaning, some seam repairs, fit a new (compensated) rosewood bridge, and set it up. It's playing spot-on and ready to go.

• Weight: 3 lbs 7 oz
• Scale length: 24 1/8"
• Nut width: 1 3/4"
• Neck shape: big V
• Board radius: flat
• Depth at first fret: 1 1/32"
• Depth at seventh fret: 1 5/32"
• Body width: 13 1/8"
• Body depth: 3 3/4"
• Top wood: solid birch
• Back & sides wood: solid birch
• Bracing type: ladder
• Bridge: rosewood compensated
• Fretboard: painted maple or similar
• Neck wood: poplar
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 54w-12 lights
• Truss rod: non-djustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium/lower

Condition notes: It's all-original save for the bridge Ancel made for it. It's clean and, while there's some weather-check to the finish and a little usewear -- small scratches and scuffs -- in evidence, it's very clean for its age.

It comes with: Sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: MULK