1895 Haynes - Baystate - Tilton Tiltons Improvement

$2,450.00

  • Year: 1895 (Circa)
  • Manufacturer: Haynes - Baystate - Tilton
  • Model: Tiltons Improvement
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color: Natural
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Description: TF - 0001 ca. 1890 Tiltons Improvement Guitar EXC + This is the best example of one of these that I've seen. It arrived in exquisite cosmetic condition but with the top severly sinking and needing a neck reset. Luthier John Knutson did a beautiful structural restoration and re-braced the top with a classic X-brace pattern. The result is by far and away the best sounding one of these I've ever played. And with it's new frets and great neck angle it plays like a dream. Spruce top with diagonal grain. Book matched Brazilian rosewood back and sides and peghead overlay. Crack free other than some teeny surface cracks on the sides near the heel. Beautiful original tuning pegs. The 'improvement' is a dowel running the length of the inside of the body on which is mounted a wooden disc (think Virzi) on which is secured a wonderful label. Surely this must be an improvement. And ... a fabulous original coffin case. Lower Bout Width = 12 1/8" Nut Width = 1 7/8" Scale Length = 24 3/4" Thin mahogany neck with "V" profile and ebony fingerboard. A truly fine parlour guitar. Price: $2450.00