![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly before 1940, Levin employed a staff of forty-five in a facility of a 1000 square meters. By 1936, the 100,000th instrument had left the plant and Levin was marketing a successful line of archtop guitars. By the mid-1920s the plant had made over 50,000 instruments, and in 1925, production of a line of banjos was launched. The Levin factory was one of the best in Europe, and between 19 Levin received many awards, including the gold medal in Madrid for best guitar, as well as the exhibition's Grand Prix. By the end of 1901, 473 instruments had been made, and in 1903, with a staff of five, Levin's 1000th instrument was made. With a workshop of seventy square meters and a staff of two, Levin started manufacturing guitars and mandolins. So with 4,000 kronas to invest, Levin opened Herman Carlssons Instrumentfabrik at Norra Larmgatan in Gothenburg. While on a visit to Sweden 1895, Levin recognized that demand for instruments was high and that manufacturing of instruments in Sweden could be profitable. Three years later, Levin and two partners started small-scale production of instruments in New York City. ![]()
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