I tuned a Mason & Hamlin B the other day - do it every three or four years whether it needs it or not. Nearly as I can remember (an inconclusive conditional at best), this is the only M&H B I've ever seen. It looks like an A case, but the tenor bridge doesn't have the shepherds crook at the low end, and there are only two hitch loops through the tenor and treble. Were these just simplified versions of the old "A"s with plate and bridge modifications, or something entirely different? I didn't get much chance to look it over with the Doberman helping as closely as possible. Ron N
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