first two years, the tailpiece was a slightly wider version of the previous iteration, adorned with the lettering "L 5". By 1937, the now-iconic art deco gold-finished tailpiece with the silver central element had become the norm. Starting in 1936 the F holes were bound. The 17" L-5 was also the first L-5 model to feature a natural, blonde finish and a Venetian cutaway as options. This model, more or less unvaried, also appears in the early postwar years (roughly to 1947).

The postwar years

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