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Thomas Kennedy 1820 SOLD

Label reads: Made in London, 1820

by Thomas Kennedy

Specially imported and adjusted by ||||

The bass is stamped under the button “W. Howarth”

• Nationality: English

• String Length: 42 5/8"

• Upper Bouts: 21"

• Lower Bouts: 26 1/2"

• Body Length: 45"

• Rib Depth: 6 1/2" - 9 1/2"

• Back: flat

• Age: 1820

Comments:
Two-piece flat back of broad grain maple with medium curl running perpendicular to the center joint. The ribs are of medium grain maple with medium-narrow curl. The scroll and peg-box are of plain grain maple with curly maple neck-graft. The table (top) is two-piece spruce of medium grain, which becomes flat sawn in the mid-point between the center seam and the edges of the bouts. The lower bouts are winged to make up the width. Varnish is a reddish brown color over a yellow ground.