> 6 comments | Add your comment !

Family : Classic nylon string

Other brands : H173 Classic was also sold as Regal R220 | Silvertone S657

37 images in database
mouse over image for file name - click to enlarge

Original catalog descriptions

[1957 catalog]
CUSTOM BUILT CLASSIC GUITARS
All too few are the artisans who by their skill can fashion an instrument fit for the student of the Classic Guitar. Harmony artisans draw upon years of experience and the heritage of tradition to present these models, marked by excellence of construction, precision fretting and adjustment, fine tone quality, at surprisingly moderate prices.
Model No. 173-Selected well-seasoned fanribbed spruce top. Hardwood back, frame and carefully shaped neck. Fingerboard and bridge of ebonized hard maple. Neat binding on edge and soundhole. For beginner or advanced player.
No.173 - $57.50 - C175 Carrying Case, extra - $22.00

[1966 catalog]
CLASSIC GUITARS
with Nylon Strings Harmony artisans draw upon years of experience and the heritage of tradition to present these models for the student of the Classic guitar. Excellence of construction, precision fretting and adjustment, fine tone quality are featured at surprisingly moderate prices. Traditional size : Body 145/8 x 19 in. Overall 38 1/2 in.
Model No. 173-Selected well-seasoned spruce top, finest type of fan-rib bracing. Hardwood back, frame and carefully shaped neck. Fingerboard of ebonized hard maple. Spanish style rosewood bridge. Neat binding on edge and soundhole. For beginner or advanced player. Highly recommended by many Classic guitar teachers.
No. 173 : $67.50
No. C173 - Carrying Case, extra : $15.00

Original price

  1957 : $57.50
  1958 : $57.50
  1959 : $57.50
  1962 : $59.50
  1967 : $67.50
  1969 : $67.50

Verified production year(s) : 1957-1969
others years possible, not verified.

6 comments | Add your comment !

• rlspt - 2005-11-22
  my first guitar was a h173. i loved it, there were times when it was my best friend, helped me through some hard times. it was destroyed in a house fire.
  though i've had dozens of different guitars since, and usually have 8 or 10 around, just recently i bought another h173. i just like having it...
• harmony help - 2005-12-12
  I just bought an h173 and it sounds great!!!The highs are sharp and the lows resonate beautifully.I cant believe these instruments arent woth more.
  Theres a number before the h173,what does this number mean?......the numbers 7063 and Iam assuming because of the rich sound that it is a solid top?.
  thnks.
• Southern Harmony - 2006-02-03
  What a Guitar for the money. I have owned this Guitar for about 12 years and it plays and sounds great. It is very loud and projects very nice. It is a 1965 model and the wood is in wonderful shape. I have seen these Guitars sell in the $150 to $250 range and it is a true bargain for the quality that you get.
• Gregory Jones - 2006-04-17
  I attempt to fingerpick blues on guitars. I was looking for a 12-fret guitar with a slot head. A friend found a 173 in a Dallas pawn shop. It had steel strings so old and rusted they had to have been on there for years. But, the top was fine--no bridge pulling. $50---get it. Several years later with .011's it still has no "classic---he he" damage from living with steel strings. Sounds wonderful throughout the entire range. I wouldn't recommend it----but I didn't do it. Just bought it that way. I love it.
• chris D. - 2006-08-28
  my 64 173 was purchased practicaly unused for27 dollars by me in 1988. i had to have it, at any cost, thank god the guys sister didnt want any more. since then i have almost worn it out (had to refret etc. broke out and lost a brace it has been almost every where i have, even picky snobs and proffessionals have complimented its sound, it still sounds irreplaceable to me (only comparable a similar martin @$1000.00, some wide neck gibsons from $1500-3200.00) and what damage diminished in tone has been replaced with undeniable mojo. Willie Nelson signed it but almost worn off. Same w/ Joe Pritchard from the Recipe. It is undeniably my guitar, and the one irreplacable guitar i have. If i had to i would redily pay the fair price of $200.00 for another(and might anyway) and would pay up to 2000.00 if availability demanded. Any custom guitar of this style i could commission would be made to its specifications, i could go on forever.
• muman - 2007-01-05
  I have an H173 (66) bought it a Salvation Army Thrift Store for $4.oo I just love it!