I bought a new 4X5 Galvin from Ed at his shop on Aurora in Seattle (nostalgia for older Puget Sound area folks) I suppose in the 1980s. I never got along with it very well. Always seemed a bit shaky, but it certainly was light weight. I had a Linhof 4X5 Color at the time so it was tough for the Galvin to be compared to that as to sturdiness. I'm pretty sure I sold the Galvin to someone in Spokane, and he resold it. So if anyone has a 4X5 that came from Spokane, that is likely the same camera. I have no idea what the serial number may have been, although I got it soon after seeing mention in Shutterbug or somewhere of the 4X5 version so it may have been an early one. It was one of the few cameras I ever bought new. The other 3 or 4 were all 35mm.
Len
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