INSTRUMENTS BY BILL STARKY

Bill Starky was born in Pretty, Oklahoma in 1914 and worked as a sharecropper in Arkansas. 
These instruments were made circa 1960-1965.

1. Guitar, 
40" x 30"" x 5"
2.  Mandolin, 
27" x 5" x 27"
3. Fiddle, 
24" x 4" x 9"
4. Mandolin,
27" x 10" x 4"

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5. Mandolin, 
30" x 11" x 4"
6. Mandolin, 
30" x 14" x 3-1/2"

 

 

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7. Blue Guitar, 
44" x 11" x 15"
This instrument was built with the dimensions of a cello, but it is tuned like a guitar with six strings versus a cello, which has four.
8. Guitar,
42" x 4" x 11"
9. Mandolin, 
25" x 10" x 3"