Can anyone identify this vintage lap steel?

Chris Lackner · Post by **Chris Lackner** » 30 Aug 2012 9:51 pm

Can anyone identify this vintage lap steel? I've never seen one quite like it. Maybe it was a custom build? It suggests Epiphone a little but I don't know of any old steels with a headstock like this.

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 31 Aug 2012 1:13 am

Kalhman from Germany

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 31 Aug 2012 5:07 am

Kahlmen steels were made in Elizabeth, NJ, most likely around the '40s. They turn up occasionally in NYC-area guitar shops. The few I've seen had a very home-spun quality to them, as if they were all one-offs built in someone's garage.