I have a friend who has a mid sixties steel-strung Levin, which I would love to see cleaned and properly set up. It's very easy-playing, though a bit quiet these days - it doesn't get played much - but would record really well.

I've another friend who has a short-scale classical Levin. To be honest it's nothing to rave about, but it has sentimental value.

Re. history. From my understanding, Martin had two motives in buying Levin. It was partly for their wood stock, but mainly to close them down - they were worried about the penetration of the Goya brand in the US, in terms of price and quality in comparison to their own instruments, so did what US manufacturers (cf. cars, beer etc.) usually do in these circumstances.

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