Höfner - Model Concert 515H - - Classical guitar - Germany - 1968

Description
Another beautiful Hofner Concert 515H from 1968, classical guitar.
Back then, it was supplied by van Wouw in Amsterdam, Hofner's importer for the Netherlands. He also numbered it, because at the time they came without a serial number and van Wouw would stamp a number on the headstock.
It came to me through inheritance.
The heir didn’t know what to do about it.
Tackled and neatly made by me, as a luthier.
The fretboard has been oiled and the bridge saddle lowered slightly to improve playability. The frets are still very clean and polished.
New set of D'Addario Classic normal-tension nylon strings.
Then gave the guitar a polish and waxed it.
Found the model and date on the internet.
Natural wear and tear, which, by the way, isn’t too bad for a guitar that's almost 50 years old.
The original guitar bag is still included.

Like the 514, this guitar was released by Hofner at various times, both in their Jugend series and with the Concert guitars, where it fit best due to its size. It had the smaller of Hofner's two concert body formats (275/365 mm width) and a spruce top with a back and sides of laminated flame maple. The body was equipped with a simple black (plastic?) binding and a wooden mosaic decoration around the soundhole. The 515 was finished with matte clear lacquer, but throughout the entire production period there was also a high-gloss version available.

Now very playable and suitable for kids as well as adults, but of course also for the collector of Hofner guitars.