PAUL
VERNON CHESTER
Manouche Maestro
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The Swedish Exported SMPB No.461 I have a 1939 Selmer Maccaferri Petite Bouche #461. It was sold to Birger Steiner in Stockholm in Jan. 1939. I know he was a musician but also had a music store. The Quintet were in Stockholm weeks later. One of the most interesting things about the guitar is the case! It is covered with travel stickers which seem very old. The guitar is the real deal...some poorly repaired top cracks with old refinish, no zero fret, changed tuner buttons...has 5 top braces, not 4. Still plays...you get goosebumps when you hear it.
some poorly repaired top cracks with old refinish,
has 5 top braces, not 4.
changed tuner buttons...
no zero fret,
The case is absolutely authentic and old. (Labels from Norrkoping, Ostersund, Jonkoping, Hamburg, Milan, Lugano)
Lastly, there is a red and white striped sticker with a serial no. - could be a baggage ID - I have owned the guitar for 15 yrs. What renewed my interest that it may be a "Django" guitar is when I discovered that Birger Steiner was also the name of his music store and lo it arrived there 2 weeks before Django hit Stockholm in 1939!
has 5 top braces, not 4 -----------------------?
Paul Vernon Chester's 1940 Selmer - Note how the bracing ghosts through
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- Ade Holland's Repro shows
his Sound Board Bracing (his Spruce Goose)
