Those corduroy cases were in vogue just before 1920, it is believed- making the case older than the mandolin but it is clearly for a banjo mandolin....
It may be one of the Canadian makers or possibly one of the big Chicago makers but without any photos, it is just a guess at this stage. R S Williams...
I've got a nice signed photo from Chris because I helped his wife Connie tracking down an advertiser that used the song Lazy Days on a TV commercial...
It was Chris Hillman's mandolin playing on Last of the Red Hot Burritos- an album that my older brother had bought in 1972 that got me interested in...
Most likely made in one of the Far Eastern nations- Japan, Korea or China depending on its age in that order. It is probably newer rather than older-...
Those round ends just push into the gears and you can see in the photo of the tuners before I cleaned them that the bottom gear below the replacement...
Yes, 14 teeth all right. I took a look at bowlbacks after Mike's comment and found two Regal examples which were reckoned to be 1890s and 1900s. Both...
It is a Kay from just after WW2. The model is most likely the K-73 which has maple back and sides and a spruce top and sold for about $33 in the very...
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