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 ALMCRANTZ | | Instruments previously built in Chicago, IL in the late 1800s and early 1900s. | | Gerhard Almcrantz started producing guitars and mandolins around 1895, in Chicago, Illinois. He apparently had a patent for a detachable neck. He joined up with a partner, Gideon Tornquist, to produce some other products, and made guitars until about 1905. An Almcrantz acoustic guitar bearing a label reading "July 1895" was featured in the first edition of Tom Wheeler's reference book American Guitars (HarperCollins Publishers, New York). Another Almcrantz guitar is featured on a website that has survived all these years, and also had a date indicating that it was an 1895 and a picture of the builder Source: http://www.mountaininstruments.com/pages/Almcrantz.html, Larry Myers. Due to the extreme age and rarity of these guitars, a used price has not been established. | |
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