1932 Selmer Maccaferri #103 with OHSC

MichaelHorowitz

1932
Selmer Maccaferri #103 with OHSC (First Year of Production!)

MichaelHorowitz

This one is just a dream come true! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Such a pristine example from the very first year....I hardly feel worthy to be in the same room with it.

-Michael

MaxwellGarces

where the heck did this legend come from? any chance you will be bringing it to DFNW?

MichaelHorowitz

MaxwellGarces wrote:

where the heck did this legend come from?

It was owned by the late Scott Chinery.

any chance you will be bringing it to DFNW?

Sure, it will be there for everyone to play around the campfire!

tacosandbeer

I could have sworn this instrument had already made its way out of the Chinery Collection.

djangology

Did this style of guitar exist before Maccaferri went into production with it? If so, what do you know of it?

MichaelHorowitz

tacosandbeer wrote:

I could have sworn this instrument had already made its way out of the Chinery Collection.

It was auctioned off after his death, around 2000 I think.

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MichaelHorowitz

djangology wrote:

Did this style of guitar exist before Maccaferri went into production with it? If so, what do you know of it?

A hotly debated topic by historians of Selmer guitars. Some think Busato may been the first to make canted top jazz guitars. Pretty hard to prove, but one thing is for sure. Many of the design elements that Maccaferri utilized had a strong precedent in Italian/Sicilian luthiery traditions. The resonator, pliage, steel strings, and many other features can be found in Italian classical guitars, mandolins, chitarra batteria, and other string instruments.