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Originally Posted by bluesguy
Very nice collection. I like your 'friends' in the photograph as well. What is the make of the Dobro?
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Made somewhere around 1921 to 1930. i posted this info about it on another forum.
just found some info on a dobro I bought 20 years ago.It was made by Arthur Hensel for the R.S.Williams Piano Co. in the early 1920's. It was the oldest instrument making comp. in Canada based in Toronto. 1834 to around 1929. The company started making mandolins, banjos, guitars and melodeons in 1855. In 1970, the R.S. Williams Collection became the largest gifted instrument collection given to the Royal Ontario Museum. I hope I can do some further research to find out more about the builder and the exact age of the dobro. I am taking a shot at uploading pics. Anyone know about these? It has a real loud punchy tone that made the dobro player who tried it want to offer allot more than I payed for it. It has fretboard made of some kind of plastic like silver sparkles? It is solid wood body, no laminates.