HISTORIC STEEL GUITARS

The exhibit includes many historic steel guitars, including Letritia Kandle’s innovation “Grand Letar” and “Small Letar.” You can explore these guitars through the links below:

Eddie Alkire’s Acoustic Guitar, “Sol,” ca. 1920
Epiphone Lap Model EHarp, ca. 1949
Epiphone Deluxe Floor Model EHarp, ca. 1948
August Gerhard Almcrantz Double Neck Guitar, ca. 1895 (modified 1931)
Grand Letar, 1937
National “Small Letar” Electric Hawaiian Steel Guitar, ca. 1940s
Harlin Brother’s Kalina Multi Kord Steel Guitar, ca. 1947