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New Listing Details - restoration work already commenced and already reserved for a Cheshire-based customer pending completion!

Update - Restoration Completed, Sold & Delivered! New set of completed photos added.
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The Harmony Guitars Database named this model as "Hawaiian Moon", although I have seen photos online of the same guitar in Australia, with a Headstock Decal showing "Hawaiian Club". Fortunately, although the Harmony Guitars Database is no longer active or updated, what remains of it is still accessible via Archive link, with the brief details page for the H1074 "Hawaiian Moon" as follows....

https://web.archive.org/web/20160813111014/http://harmony.demont.net/model/11.htm

....this clearly shows what I'm sure is the remainder of the yellow lozenge shape Harmony name decal, supposed to be in use "approx. 1937 to 1940"....no doubt lost over time on this guitar.
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Stock Number: VTG1466.

Typical 1930s, Sturdy Harmony construction, all Solid Birch to, back & sides, ladder braced, with full width bridge patch. Headstocks of the period alternated between solid and slotted...this is typical, simple outline solid peghead which, as mentioned above, may have originally carried a stick-on name/model log, but if so now long gone.

Distinctive design colouring in black, green & silver, with what Jake Wildwood terms a "frosted" fingerboard finish, or silvered, if you like, really following the silver element in the finish design, and includes the painted, "winged" position markers also seen on Supertone guitars that Harmony made for the Sears brand.

Bridges for these Harmony parlor guitars of the period also alternated between floating-bridge/tailpiece models and fixed-bridge ones, such as this. In this case we have a basic, simple fixed wooden bridge (usually Ebonised Maple), with Fretwire saddle (see further details below).

Condition is overall very, very good for a near 80 year old guitar. All original, with the exception of some of the bridge pins....managed to complete the set of 1930s period wooden pins, having found two to match the 4 that came with the guitar.

Everything on the guitar, seams, braces seemed to be solid, but on further examination the one end of the top brace in front of the soundhole was found to be lifted, so the brace was removed, thoroughly cleaned off, removing all old glue residues before regluing. Although the neck joint appeared to be secure, the neck angle was not adequate so neck has been removed and reset. The removal of both the fingerboard and neck went well, allowing the re-fixing without damage, adding a Spruce fillet under the fingerboard extension where it extends over the body, in order to ensure a straight & level base for the fingerboard following the small neck angle adjustment.

The challenge here was to remove the neck, and complete the reset, without resulting in the need to re-level and re-fret the fingerboard, which would destroy it's original finish. That would also be a shame as, for it's age it is in pretty good shape....you can see a few small areas of wear, but in my long experience of selling these vintage Harmonys, actual fingerboard wear/indents are rare....I suspect that the 'board is Maple, therefore hardwearing. The frets look original, again without significant wear.

Front top brace, has been re-glued, and two Spruce reinforcements fitted, running between that brace and the one rear of the soundhole, above and below it, where ladder bracing gives no support.

Original square-ended 3-on-a-plate tuning machines show some age-related discolouration, but black buttoned keys work fine, with only a little looseness. I often add vintage type "bootlace" ferrules/bushings, where these were omitted on original production....as particularly on the '50s & '60s Harmonys & Stellas the post holes allow a fair bit of movement....not so on this guitar, so I have not fitted them here, as I suspect that would require reeming out the post holes, which seems unnecessary.

Following neck reset, addressing the neck angle correction, and the installation of taller, purpose-made bone saddle, giving improved string break-angle, the guitar has an excellent action, a little lower than my usual target, in accordance with the customer's request, of approx. 2.5mm./2.75mm. at the 12th. fret.

The guitar has been strung with a set of Martin Retro Monel Custom Light 11 gauge strings, requested by the customer.

There is no case (although the guitar will be well packed and securely boxed for posting, if required), but I may be able to supply it with Hiscox hardshell case. These cases of course do offer much better protection, but even the smallest case produced by Hiscox does require a some of their extra internal pads fitting, in order to hold the small guitar correctly. I will be happy to advise whether I can marry the guitar to a suitable case, and modest additional cost.

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