The buttons are of the earliest version of Ivoroid, probably 1880s-90s.
All fresh and unused.
Two treble and one bass with Keystone-type buttons.
Nice and tight and smooth, appear to be barely ever used if at all.
These have the typical Martin gear spacing of 2-5/8”.
One of the very nicest, and very rarest sets of 19th-century Martin tuning machines.
Typical Seidel-Style six-petal flowers stamped into all four circular corners of the plate.
If you’ve got a 19th-century Martin with its original tuners missing these might be just the set for you.
An absolutely beautiful, mid-19th century complete set of tuners for a slotted-peghead guitar.
A most beautiful and clean set of Seidel tuning machines.
This set is unmolested and in fine working order.
This is an eminently restorable set.
From a top-grade American 1910s-30s guitar.
All bushings and screws included.
Six-on-a-side, complete will all bushings and screws.
These are a very rare find.
The tips of the posts are rounded rather than flat possibly indicating from an earlier time.
Indispensable for restoration work.
Used on literally hundreds of Martin guitars of that era.
Components of 1950s-60s American-made Grover Imperial tuning machines.
American-made, nickel-plated Grover Rotomatic tuners in the box.
American made, 6-on-a-side.
An extremely rare four-piece set.
For all intents and purposes these are 1930s Grover G-98 tuners.
Jerome tuning machines are among the rarest of those used on very early Martin guitars.
Used on just about every Gibson 12 of the day.
Complete your mis-matched set.
Nickel-plated with solid aluminum rollers.
Originally gold-plated.
Tight and straight.
Possibly even from the 1940s.
Standard 2-3/4” spacing.
Quite early for an intact Kluson set.
May have come from a 1940s Gibson, possibly an extremely early Southern Jumbo or J-45.
Most unusual and quite humorous in our book.
As is.
Matched.
Complete with all mounting screws.
Seen only on the very highest-grade of late 19th-century Martins.
With extra bonus parts.
Complete with all six set screws.
Early Waverly side-mount turning machine set.
A perfect tenor guitar set for your restoration project.
A beautiful, fancier Waverly tuning machine plate.
As used on many Martin and other top American-made guitars in the '50s and '60s.
Unadorned American-made set.
Waverly 3-on-a-side set.
Tight and freshly oiled.