Category: WEYMANN RESEARCH & Guitars

I’m offering this hi-res download of this rare WEYMANN BANJO Catalogue No. 56, from 1925 when Weymann was in their prime, free to anyone who would like a copy.  There are 18 styles of banjos and their variations in 52 pages.

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This Weymann c.1916 flattop acoustic could well be Americas  first production ‘f’ hole guitar.  If anyone knows differently I would sure like to know.

This guitar also appears in my post: https://www.leavingthisworld.com/weymann-f-hole-guitars-styles-30-648-748-and-848/  but I felt it deserved it’s own posting.

Formerly owned by Bill Yates, due to his immense generosity, this is now in my possession.  Bill did an amazing job in restoring it (the ‘f’ holes themselves were quite damaged, but otherwise it was in pretty good condition for a 100+ year old instrument.

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Just when I thought I’d seen all the guitar ‘styles’ Weymann had to offer this one surfaces:

Photos by Ben’s Gear Emporium

This is a c.1908 ‘Auditorium’ size (lower bout 14 1/2″) Weymann guitar with abalone and pearl trim.   It is currently (Nov 2021) owned by Ben’s Gear Emporium and Ben has it for sale on Reverb.  He describes the guitar as:
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Owner: Richard Barnes*

I’m always humbled by the generosity of many people who contact me.  I was pleased to receive emails from Richard Barnes who owns an ‘f’ sound-hole Weymann guitar that was not known to me, a Style 24, dated c.1917.  (You can read about Weymann ‘f’ hole guitars here, but I felt this guitar needed it’s own post).

Richard said he acquired this from an auction, maybe around 1992 or so for the whopping price of $100.00!  For a 100+ year old guitar this is is amazing condition. It is near mint and is the favorite of all his guitars.  It’s telling that at one time he owned a Weymann Jimmie Rodgers Special but sold that and kept this guitar.

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Owner – Brett Andrew

As mentioned previously, Weymann (pronounced ‘Y’man) made many different styles of guitars.  Here’s a nice little 100 year old guitar with Weymann’s own distinctive metal tailpiece based on the letter ‘W’.  (BTW the design of this tailpiece changed slightly over the years).

This dark stain was used on some of Weymanns other guitars during this time (late teens, early 1920’s). The stain is over mahogany on the back and sides and over spruce on the soundboard. The guitar is lightweight like most Weymann guitars and will most likely be ladder braced. Continue reading “1920 WEYMANN Style 22 Guitar – Dark Stain” →

Owner – Tom Bode

There are two Style 650 guitars that appear in Weymann catalogues.  The one in the c.1924 catalogue has rosewood back and sides and a curly figured maple 2-piece neck.  It is the ‘junior model of the Style 854 guitar.

This guitar appears in bother the c.1928 and c.1930 catalogues and has mahogany back and sides with a mahogany 2-piece neck.
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This guitar shows the workmanship of the H.A. Weymann & Son company – Quality at it’s absolute best!

I’ve been sitting on photos of this guitar for about 4 years, it’s time to share them with permission from Deluca Music store in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and the photographer David Humphreys.

So far this guitar has the lowest serial number (#1310) of all the 450+ Weymann instruments I have registered, although I have eleven instruments with no serial numbers which will be older than this guitar.  There is no Style number either, as Weymann did not introduce those until about 1913. It is not so easy to accurately calculate the manufacture date during this period as there has not been a ‘Rosetta Stone’ instrument turn up yet with a serial number that can be dated definitively to a particular date around that time.

So I date this beautiful guitar to c.1900, plus or minus 2 or possibly 3 years:

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With the Hawaiian craze in music and musical instruments starting in the mid 19teens Koa wood started to be used for guitar construction.

By the 1920’s many manufacturers made Koa models, including Martin.

This guitar Style 749 was Weymann’s homage to this beautiful Hawaiian tonewood. As far as I know this model was H.A. Weymann & Son’s only Koa model. I have photos of 2 examples:

1. WEYMANN Koa Guitar Style 749: Owner Keith Walker.

A beautiful example of this model.  Serial number dates it to ca.1931. Surprisingly this example has the Style number omitted from the top of the headstock, but there is little doubt it is a Style 749.

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The ‘Peace Pilgrim’ Guitar – Owner: Robert Barnett

(Story at the end of this post)

Attractive ‘bear claw’ configuration on the soundboard.

Continue reading “c.1927 WEYMANN Style 854 Large Concert size Guitar” →

(Related Posts: Johnny Depp’s Weymann Guitar – Style 748) and 1917 Weymann Style 24 ‘f’ Sound-hole Guitar)

H.A. Weymann & Son made at least five styles of ‘f’ sound-hole guitars.  Once their manufacturing ceased in about 1933 they also commissioned ‘f’ hole guitars along with other instruments from manufacturers such as Harmony.  Here I am only talking about the guitars Weymann manufactured themselves.

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