| Serial Number | 19632, built 1923 in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. |
| Pricing | $1000 CAD with orignal case. SOLD |
| Neck | Mahogany neck with unbound ebony fingerboard. Rosewood head plate, and CF MARTIN stamped (askew) on back of head. |
| Frets | Original bar frets in good condition. |
| Body | Spruce top and struts, mahogany back and sides. Ebony bridge with bar-fret saddle, rosewood binding on top and back. |
| Finish | Original nitrocellulose lacquer finish, generally good condition with some play wear on the top where a pickguard would now normally be fitted. |
| Hardware/electronics | 5-per side strip tuners. Ebony nut. |
| Playability/Action | This instrument has been recently serviced in our shop and is in good playing condition, but the action is somewhat high. |
| Case | Original case included, in fair condition. |
| Comments | Tiples were popular in the early part of the 20th century, into the 1930’s. This example, adapted from the South American instrument, is 17″ scale, and 8 15/16″ wide. Strung in four courses, with the outside two having two strungs and the center two with three and is tuned like a ukulele. |
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