35 Harmony models - other brands (Harmony made) models

H1060 - 1942-1943 - Acoustic archtop
It looks like an early cousin of the all birch Archtone (H1215) family.
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H1213 - Archtone - 1950-1971 - Acoustic archtop - Brown sunburst
One of the most popular archtop models from the "Archtone" serie. See also H1214 and H1215. All birch body (solid woods).
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H1214 - Archtone - 1948-1964 - Acoustic archtop - Blonde ivory, faux flame
Ivory painted with faux-flame. All birch body (solid woods).
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H1215 - Archtone - 1944-1971 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst
One of the most popular archtop models. All birch construction (solid woods). Top grained to ressemble spruce, faux-flame on sides and back. Double faux-bindings lines on body edge, then triple line from about 1958. New model number H6415 in 1972. H1213 and H1214 are similar with different finishes.
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H1218 - Barclay - Acoustic archtop
Acoustic archtop, similar to H1215 Archtone or H950 Monterey leader ?

H1220 - Catalina - 1955-1958 - Acoustic archtop - Charcoal Grey and Pink
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H1221 - Catalina - 1955-1957 - Acoustic archtop - Pacific and Dawn Blue
H1221 model number was used on the blue "Catalina", then later (seventies ?) on a small flatop
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H1222 - Archtone - Acoustic archtop
Acoustic archtop, similar to H1215 ?
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H1224 - Acoustic archtop
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H1270 - Vogue model E - 1937-1940 - Acoustic archtop - Black, sunburst center spot
All birch construction, extra auditorium size. H1270 model number was later used for the very different 12 string Sovereign flat top.
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H1439 - Master - 1940 - Acoustic archtop - Natural mahogany
Mahogany guitar, "for spanish style playing"
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H1444 - Master - 1940 - Acoustic archtop - Dark wine shaded mahogany
All mahogany construction - rounded body edges (as will be the later mahogany flat top H165)

H41 - Riviera - 1955 - Electric Archtop - Two tone blue, harmometal binding
1 pickup with external volume/tone control, and permanently attached green jack cord. "Harmometal" bindings on top and back of body. H41 model number was later used on the Hollywood 2 pickups model
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H6415 - Archtone - 1972-1975 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst
Seventies version of the H1215 - It seems very last models (1975) had simple white painted bindings instead of the triple line, and a simpler headstock. Some different (made in japan ?) tuners were used too.
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H6450 - Monterey - 1972 - Acoustic archtop - Red Sunburst
Seventies version of the Monterey leader H950
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H942 - Renown - 1940 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst - horizontal faux-flame
Metal adjustable bridge - White pickguard with modern black motif
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H943 - Renown - 1940 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst - tiger faux-flame
Metal adjustable bridge - White floral motif on black pickguard
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H944 - Renown - 1940 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst - tiger faux-flame
Metal adjustable bridge - Black pickguard with white edges

H945 - Renown - 1937-1940 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst - vertical faux-flame
Metal adjustable bridge - Black pickguard with modern white motif - (H945 model number was later used on a different "Master" archtop model)
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H945 - Master - 1954-1971 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst
Real bindings - all birch body
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H950 - Monterey Leader - 1938-1972 - Acoustic archtop - Redburst, faux flame
One of the most popular archtop of the sixties - more than 30 years of production time. Early models had a lower fretboard and bridge, and painted white bindings. They have a steel reinforced neck but never had an adjustable trussrod.
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H951 - Monterey Colorama - 1955-1957 - Acoustic archtop - Black with 5 diagonal bars in gold
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H952 - Monterey - 1944-1945 - Acoustic archtop - Faux-pruce top, sunburst body
H952 model number was used during wartime for a Monterey model, with faux-spruce finish on top. Same model number was used later in mid-fifties for the black and red Colorama Monterey model.
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H952 - Monterey Colorama - 1955 - Acoustic archtop - Black and red "colorama"
H952 model number was used during wartime for a Monterey model, with faux-spruce finish on top. Same model number was used later in mid-fifties for the black and red Colorama Monterey model.
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H953 - Monterey Colorama - 1955-1959 - Acoustic archtop - Bronze and green "colorama"
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H954 - Broadway - 1947-1971 - Acoustic archtop - Red/yellow sunbusrt
A classic harmony archtop, one of the longest production time. They had a "two tone" sunburst (black) first (with fake spruce grain), then later a "three tone" (black/red). They never had a trussrod if we trust the catalogs, but one late sample was seen with a trussrod.
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H955 - Broadway - 1940-1945 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst
Early version of the H954 Broadway ? - All birch construction, top grained to ressemble spruce. "Auditorium" size, 8 dots neck. Checkered wood-block marquetry around body top. H955 had not yet the "Broadway" name in the 1940 catalog.
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H958 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst, tiger faux flame
Pre-war model ?
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H961 - Broadway - 1940 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst, marquetry bindings
Early (first ?) version of the Broadway with simple marquetry body bindings - 4 dots neck - "Extra Auditorium" size

H971 - Archtop - 1941 - Acoustic archtop - Blonde painted
Blonde painted finish, painted block fret markers, "Idento" tailpiece
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H972 - Ridgeway - 1940-1943 - Acoustic archtop - Dark walnut sunburst
Prewar low cost model - Grained to ressemble striped mahogany - "Idento" nameplate tailpiece
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H973 - Ridgeway - 1940-1942 - Acoustic archtop - Light nut - brown
Prewar low cost model - white pickguard
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H974 - Ridgeway - 1940-1945 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst, painted tiger flame
Early fourties low cost model - Grained to ressemble curly maple - "Idento" nameplate tailpiece. From a 1943 model, stamped H974 but a bit different, it looks like the H974 was the ancestor of the very popular H1215 Archtone.
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H979 - Ridgeway - 1940 - Acoustic archtop - Rosewood Sunburst
Prewar low cost model - Stenciled white block position markers - White pickguard

H989 - Monterey - 1942 - Acoustic archtop - Natural with faux flame
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