| Author |
Topic: Hise Mfg Co lap steel? |
Robert Allen
From:
Tennessee, USA
|
Posted 22 Nov 2016 9:33 am |
|
| Someone phoned me today looking for information on a 6-string lap steel he bought. He said the decal reads, "Hise Meg. Co." I've never heard of it, didn't find anything doing a search on the internet or on a forum search. He hasn't brought it to the store so I don't have photos yet. |
|
|
|
Steven Pearce
From:
Port Orchard Washington, USA
|
|
|
|
Robert Allen
From:
Tennessee, USA
|
Posted 22 Nov 2016 10:28 am
|
|
| So Hise only manufactures the tailpiece and not the lap steel? Probably the only name on the lap steel. I think he may be trying to get a price, and because it's old he thinks he has an antique that will bring him a million dollars. |
|
|
|
Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
|
Posted 22 Nov 2016 11:55 am
|
|
Robert,
You are correct, they only made the tuning changer.
I think there were a couple of other companies that made a similar unit. |
|
|
|
John Rosett
From:
Missoula, MT
|
Posted 22 Nov 2016 2:35 pm
|
|
The pickup looks like it might be a Carvin.
_________________
"it's not in bad taste, if it's funny." - john waters |
|
|
|
David M Brown
From:
California, USA
|
Posted 23 Nov 2016 6:22 am
|
|
| Robert Allen wrote: |
| So Hise only manufactures the tailpiece and not the lap steel? Probably the only name on the lap steel. I think he may be trying to get a price, and because it's old he thinks he has an antique that will bring him a million dollars. |
This is an interesting vintage steel but it is not going to get a great deal on the open market.
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/005939.html
"The DeArmond Stringtone and the Hise Multi-Harp Triplex are small units that were offered in the 1950s and '60s. They were add-ons which the steel player could use to change tunings on a single neck steel. They both feature a lever which changes the guitar's tuning with one movement of your right hand.
By the way, the Triplex I'm referring to here is not to be confused with the the ones on the National Triplex guitars. Those had the lever on the side of the guitar. Mine is one of the later ones which were re-designed. It sits right behind the bridge like the Stringtone.
....
The Triplex replaced the traditional bridge/tailpiece on steel guitars. The one i found was on a Carvin steel from 1960. They were available in 6 and 8 string models."
You can do a search and see a number of these items
Google search.
https://www.gbase.com/gear/troubador-lap-steel-1952-grey-perloid
Lap steel / Triplex for $599.
https://www.gbase.com/gear/national-triplex-chord-changer-1952-natural
another for $699
Anyway I don't think the owner should expect to make a fortune off this one steel guitar.
Interesting, though! |
|
|
|
Robert Allen
From:
Tennessee, USA
|
Posted 23 Nov 2016 8:44 am
|
|
| Thanks for the info, I learned a few things. I'll pass the information along to the person who asked about it. |
|
|
|
Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
|
Posted 23 Nov 2016 8:59 am
|
|
Those early changer devices... the Multi-Harp Triplex and the Stringtone are interesting historical pieces, but they never worked very well. The player usually had to fine tune with the tuners after moving the lever to the new tuning. The devices don't add much, if any, value to an old lap steel IMO. Having said that, one time I sold an old Stringtone changer on eBay... I started it at $1 and the bidders bid it up to $300. The winning bidder said he had a lap steel with a Stringtone when he was a youngster. So he was buying it for sentimental reasons.
_________________
My Site / My YouTube Channel
25 Songs C6 Lap Steel / 25 MORE Songs C6 Lap Steel / 16 Songs, C6, A6, B11 / 60 Popular Melodies E9 Pedal Steel |
|
|
|
David M Brown
From:
California, USA
|
Posted 24 Nov 2016 7:27 am
|
|
| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
| Those early changer devices... the Multi-Harp Triplex and the Stringtone are interesting historical pieces, but they never worked very well. The player usually had to fine tune with the tuners after moving the lever to the new tuning. |
Which is probably why they really did not catch on - otherwise we'd be using some version of them today. |
|
|
|
Michael Lee Allen
From:
Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
|
Posted 1 Dec 2016 10:06 am
|
|
deleted
Last edited by Michael Lee Allen on 21 May 2018 11:41 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
|
|
b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
|
Posted 1 Dec 2016 10:39 am
|
|
My first pedal steel was a Hise, like the ones pictured above. It was a horrible instrument - wouldn't stay in tune, broke strings constantly. I ended up trashing it so that nobody would ever have to experience the frustration I had been through.
_________________
-𝕓𝕆𝕓- (admin) - Robert P. Lee - Recordings - Breathe - D6th - Video |
|
|
|
