It's stained a cheery mahogany red, and features a beautiful gold decal strip down the center of the one-piece back. The body appears to be poplar, unusual but not unheard of. ![]() The sound hole sports rings of similar purfling, one with a touch of red. Note that the finish is fine, and original, but the grain orientations of the four-piece top sure make it look blotchy under the studio lights. The top is 4-piece spruce bound in b/w purfling and white celluloid binding. Even though austerely adorned, the guitar does possess some curb-side charm. Interestingly, these cheap, tail-piece models were originally designed for steel strings, and cost a bit more than the same guitar with a fixed bridge. The Jupiter line in the Lyon & Healy catalog was at the entry level, first offered about 1900. It comes up aces on all accounts: sound, playability, patina, condition, originality. Found by a friend at a local flea market, we got it into playing shape again and it turns out to be one of the nicest sounding and easiest playing of its ilk that we've encountered, and we do a lot of these. Lyon & Healy 'Jupiter' c 1915 | $750 | From the outset, we'd like to share that this old catalog guitar is one of classic success stories for vintage guitar hunters.
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