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  • Martin Guitar

    From sotteaux@aol.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 10 09:06:26 2017
    So what's 16 years. Phil Tafoya. Rainer Ave just south of Renton Ave. Little shop. I always thought he was a great guy. His dad built guitars. Phil told me he didn't have his dads knack for hearing the wood sing. So he did not build them from scratch.
    This was in the mid 70s. We thought Phil was the Martin expert in Seattle.

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  • From sraliment@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Charles Versteege on Tue Sep 25 11:51:39 2018
    On Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Charles Versteege wrote:
    Can you help me?
    I have the opportunity to buy what I believe is an old Martin
    guitar. It is stamped "C.F. Martin, New York" on the inside. Model 2 1/2
    - 18 and is Rosewood. It has ivory keys and brass gears. The guitar was restored on 10/6/72 by "Mr. Tufoya, Seattle".
    Can you tell me from the information I have stated if it sounds
    original and what its value might be? A knowledgeable person expressed
    to me he thought that it was made between 1850-1873.
    I would appreciate any help.
    Thanks
    Charles Versteege

    I don't know but Phil Tafoya was a respected luithier in Seattle. Had a little shop in Rain her Beach. I imagine Phil passed away in the late 80s. He did work for me (neck reset) and I treasure the sticker he put on my case.

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  • From Steve Hawkins@21:1/5 to sraliment@gmail.com on Wed Sep 26 15:15:09 2018
    sraliment@gmail.com wrote in news:4be851c9-8644-4941-8262-48fdcaab1342@googlegroups.com:

    On Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Charles Versteege
    wrote:
    Can you help me?
    I have the opportunity to buy what I believe is an old Martin
    guitar. It is stamped "C.F. Martin, New York" on the inside. Model 2
    1/2 - 18 and is Rosewood. It has ivory keys and brass gears. The
    guitar was restored on 10/6/72 by "Mr. Tufoya, Seattle".
    Can you tell me from the information I have stated if it sounds
    original and what its value might be? A knowledgeable person
    expressed to me he thought that it was made between 1850-1873.
    I would appreciate any help.
    Thanks
    Charles Versteege

    I don't know but Phil Tafoya was a respected luithier in Seattle. Had
    a little shop in Rain her Beach. I imagine Phil passed away in the
    late 80s. He did work for me (neck reset) and I treasure the sticker
    he put on my case.


    That post is 21 years old.

    Steve Hawkins

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  • From Rick Ruskin@21:1/5 to stephen.hawkins5@frontier.comREMOVE on Wed Sep 26 15:30:17 2018
    On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:15:09 GMT, Steve Hawkins <stephen.hawkins5@frontier.comREMOVETHIS> wrote:

    sraliment@gmail.com wrote in >news:4be851c9-8644-4941-8262-48fdcaab1342@googlegroups.com:

    On Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Charles Versteege
    wrote:
    Can you help me?
    I have the opportunity to buy what I believe is an old Martin
    guitar. It is stamped "C.F. Martin, New York" on the inside. Model 2
    1/2 - 18 and is Rosewood. It has ivory keys and brass gears. The
    guitar was restored on 10/6/72 by "Mr. Tufoya, Seattle".
    Can you tell me from the information I have stated if it sounds
    original and what its value might be? A knowledgeable person
    expressed to me he thought that it was made between 1850-1873.
    I would appreciate any help.
    Thanks
    Charles Versteege

    I don't know but Phil Tafoya was a respected luithier in Seattle. Had
    a little shop in Rain her Beach. I imagine Phil passed away in the

    late 80s. He did work for me (neck reset) and I treasure the sticker
    he put on my case.


    That post is 21 years old.

    Steve Hawkins

    Take it out for a drink.

    RR

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  • From Steve Hawkins@21:1/5 to Rick Ruskin on Thu Sep 27 15:26:48 2018
    Rick Ruskin <liondog@isomedia.com> wrote in news:nuumqdp4bfcmcup0gk64slm1iogm2uukj4@4ax.com:

    On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:15:09 GMT, Steve Hawkins <stephen.hawkins5@frontier.comREMOVETHIS> wrote:


    That post is 21 years old.

    Steve Hawkins

    Take it out for a drink.

    RR


    Probably a Folkie, almond milk.......

    Steve Hawkins

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