Silvertone 628 Cutaway Acoustic, around 1957

Serial Number	N/A but 2261 H 628 as the FON (Factory Order Number); made around 1957.
Pricing	$999.99
Neck	Poplar neck with bound fingerboard, probably rosewood, no truss rod. Block ‘Mother of Toilet Seat’ inlays, very nice engraved and painted faux Tortoise peghead inlay. 25.25″ (642mm) scale length; 1.75″ (44.7mm) nut width.
Frets	Medium wide frets with little wear.
Body	Ladder-braced Spruce top, maple back and sides; bound back, top, and soundhole with purfling around the top. Side reinforcement strips and kerfed linings. The rosewood brige has been shaved and reinforcement bolts likely added under pearl dots.
Finish	Original tobacco sunburst lacquer finish in quite good shape.
Hardware/electronics	Original open tuners, Stat-Tite style, with white plastic oval buttons.
Playability/Action	Plays well with an action around 7/64ths inch (2.77mm)
Case
Comments	This is a very cool instrument. It sounds great and looks good – the engraved peghead overlay is exceptionally nice.