M&H B

[Ron Nossaman]

I tuned a Mason & Hamlin B the other day - do it every three or four years 
whether it needs it or not. Nearly as I can remember (an inconclusive 
conditional at best), this is the only M&H B I've ever seen. It looks like 
an A case, but the tenor bridge doesn't have the shepherds crook at the low 
end, and there are only two hitch loops through the tenor and treble. Were 
these just simplified versions of the old "A"s with plate and bridge 
modifications, or something entirely different? I didn't get much chance to 
look it over with the Doberman helping as closely as possible.
Ron N