The label is written DV72 NT-CL, which I presume means coral. One of the comments on facebook (quoted above by RussB) suggests this might be a mis-labeled DV-76. Beesley does write in his book that the DV-76 has coral inlay, but also erroneously indicates that the DV-72 has lapis lazuli inlay (a mistake carried thru in the quoted comment). I wonder if some of Beesley's info was actually pre-production. His book was published in '95... it's conceivable (I suppose) that he asked Guild in '93-'94 for the specs to put in his book before some of the models were actually built... and then Guild changed the specs and/or model numbers when they actually got around to making them.
Anyway, I have never seen natural (not pulverized/bonded) pieces of coral that large, or with a pattern like that. Most natural coral I have seen is fairly small pieces (beads, inlay, very small cabachons, etc made from the branches). So I am curious.
Beesley's book was published in '95, and our DV-73s (turquoise and red coral), DV-74s (turquoise and pink coral), and the DV-82 aren't mentioned. Are there any other 72 variants that anyone else (besides Hans, tho' I'd like to hear from him, too!) has seen (in person or pics)? Has anyone seen (in person or a pic) a 76 or the one-of DV-82? Did Jerrie Haskew have the 82?
I am certainly looking forward to Hans Vol II.
