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A Kauffman Vibrola tailpiece cover. This was the cover of the first mechanical vibrato ever made. C. O. Kaufffman, was a chief engineer with Rickenebacker. He came up with these gizmos in the early 1930s. A couple of years back a friend offered to sell me a 1930s Vega archtop that had one of these vibrato units on it.

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A Kauffman Vibrola tailpiece cover. This was the cover of the first mechanical vibrato ever made. C. O. Kaufffman, was a chief engineer with Rickenebacker. He came up with these gizmos in the early 1930s. A couple of years back a friend offered to sell me a 1930s Vega archtop that had one of these vibrato units on it.

 

That didn't take long. Bravo, zw!

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