Penn Yan

[David Satter]

1930s Rainbow , has spruce trim. I think the seats and thwarts are birch, hard to tell, The old ones are dust. But they look like birch to me. Does this sound correct for a 1930s Penn Yan ?

 

[Benson Gray]

The 1933 Penn Yan catalog page shown below mentions "maple decks, seats and thwarts" and the 1939 catalog does too.

Benson

 

[David Satter]

Thanks Benson, That's the info i was looking for

 

[Dan Lindberg]

The early Penn Yan I had, had maple decks, thwarts and seat frames.

 

[Fitz]

Interesting mention of basswood ribs on the spruce model.

Fitz