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Hidden Reinforced Peghead Repair

1991
AL#25 p.50   BRB3 p.29            
Jim Merrill   Bill Colgan                                                                                       

▪ This repair involves removing part of the fingerboard and sinking support splines from the top of the instrument, rather than from the back.

Seth Summerfield, Luthier

1991
AL#25 p.48   BRB3 p.24            
Bill Colgan   Greg Bernd                                                                                       

▪ Like many of his generation, eighty-year-old Summerfield led a hard life. He didn’t turn to professional instrument making until he reached what many would call old age, but after that he didn’t waste any time. There’s quite a few Seth Summerfields out there, and their story is always a good one.