The elegantly carved curved 'smile' bridge is a unique novel feature introduced with this new Washburn line, as is the grained ivoroid ring set around the sound hole edge in place of any conventional inlay.
The decorative appointments are subtle but distinctive the headstock and fingerboard are bound in white celluloid, the body edges (top 7 side) bound in 3-ply celluloid with a dark outer edge. The Style 'B' was the second model down the line and features a laminated Brazilian rosewood body, a mahogany neck with a solid ebony fingerboard, and a fine grained spruce top. In the early 1920s the long-successful Washburn brand did an aesthetic about-face previously their guitars had been known for having very elaborate inlay and decoration, but the completely new 1922 line was suddenly sleek and mostly unadorned with a very timely early Deco look. This lovely and elegant guitar is a most distinctive product of Chicago's Lyon & Healy factory, and carries their premium Washburn brand. Washburn Style B Grand Concert Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar, made by Lyon & Healy (1922), made in Chicago, serial # 199, natural lacquer finish, mahogany back, sides and neck spruce top, rosewood fingerboard, black hard shell case.
