{"product_id":"1936-national-triolian-793","title":"1936 National Triolian","description":"Serial # 6492.  By the late 1930's the Triolian had acquired a 14 fret neck, rosewood-looking  \"Mahogany Piano Finish\" painted over its steel body, blackBakelite headstock overlay and matching pickguard, and a radiused fingerboard.  From the 1936 National catalog: \"The grain pattern was takenfrom a select piece of mahogany - and the result is a high-grade piano finish, depicting a fine mahogany grain which is beautiful as well as aslasting.\"  For this paint finish and an ivoroid bound red-bean fingerboardyou'd pay an additional $12.50 for back in the day - compared to the simplerDuolian and its $35 price tag. \u003cbr\u003eThis instrument is in very fine condition, with wear typical of a seventyyear old instrument.  There are dings here and there, and areas around theedges where the paint finish has been worn through; but there are no badscars or areas of excessive wear. The frets and fingerboard are in goodshape, as is the finish on the back of the neck.  It is missing itspickguard, but is otherwise completely original, including cone and tuners.The neck is very playable, with action well suited to both slide andfingerstyle.  Nut width of 1-3\/4\".  V-shaped profile, and aforementionedradiused fingerboard.  It has terrific tone, and sounds like there is lotsof life left in that old cone.\u003cbr\u003eWith original chipboard case\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sold\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"NATIONAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53610407756142,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/3660\/5550\/files\/triolian__0705.jpg?v=1790964070","url":"https:\/\/folkwaymusic.com\/products\/1936-national-triolian-793","provider":"Folkway Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}