STYLE  Z (Rosewood back and sides)

|This particular guitar has been X-braced recently and is strung with silk and steel strings.  It has had a neck reset, and new frets and repaired cracks on the back.  Original tuners, bridge and fingerboard.  It has an early ‘Bay State’ impressed stamp on the back of the headstock,  serial number 1530. Probably dated late 1860’s.
1890 Haynes CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Rosewood,  one ring of ornamental inlaying around sound hole, Mahogany neck, convex Rosewood fingerboard, French polished, Dead finish.
Style Z 2/3 . Two-thirds size………………………………………………………………….....$20.00
Style Z. Standard size…….………………………………………………….…………………....$20.00
Style Z I. Concert size…………………………………………………………………….…….....$24.00
Style Z 11. Large Concert size………………………………………………………….…….…$28.00