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Suggestion #1: To quote King Arthur and his knights from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "Run away!!"

Suggestion #2: If you're not ready to run away, fill the channel with the stiffest piece of...

$685 USD with gig bag at Elderly Instruments, who sell new instruments at standard market prices.

What did they sell for 10 years ago? I don't know, but I'll guess they've gone up quite a bit. ...

I'm afraid that my misses often outnumber my hits. I call a 95% match a bulls-eye. Dead center. I don't get those often.
The older I get, the more I cringe over touch-up work and try to talk...

You have three options:

1. Touch it up with some black paint formulated for model work from a hobby shop. This would only be a "cover-up," and how good it looks would depend on your skill with a...

If it is "loose finish," using the neck rest may or may not have induced a chemical reaction that contributed to the problem; but after seeing the clearer picture, I think that's rather unlikely. ...

I agree with John-- it looks a lot like an adhesion problem.

Time consuming to fix. It might or might not be possible to drop-fill it. The repair would be visible. The finish might come loose...

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It's not an H-2. The more I look, the more I believe that it is most likely a 1910's plain style A mandolin, not a mandola.
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Some lacquer finishes react with plastics and various other polymers.

In the 1990's and early 2000's, new Gibsons would react to the cushioning on some brands of guitar stands. This drove the...

Heritage Insurance Services https://musicins.com . . . not Heritage Property & Casualty-- they're a different company.
They do insurance for private owners, also for stores. Most of the better...

I've seen two of them, quite a few years ago.

I remember them as being typical Gibson products of the late 1930's. IIRC, at least one of them had a flat back, but I may be wrong-- I've slept a...

Weber mandolins have only been produced in the US.
Flatiron and Breedlove mandolins have been produced in both the US and overseas.
Bruce Weber, Steve Carlson, and Kim Breedlove have founded their...

That number is what is called a factory order number.
The letter indicates the year it was made, the numbers next to it are the "batch" number, and the last two numbers are the number of the...

This probably can be fixed, but not easily. What would it cost? Probably hundreds. Maybe lots of hundreds.

The neck to body geometry on that mandolin has changed significantly. There could be...

If you see any signs of white glue, or heaven help us CA, "just say no."

One of the nice things about mandolins is that you can learn to make three chords with only two fingers, and play thousands of songs with those three chords.

Possibly.
Vega made some good mandolins over the years.
Pictures would be essential to say anything more.

Well, not really. They were already screwing up by the 1960s, at least as far as their acoustic instruments were concerned.

But the legal posturing didn't really take off until Henry J. took the...

1.3 mm? Is that height or width?? What is the width of your fret slots? It's hard to answer your question without more specific information.

Jim's suggestion is one solution, if the wire is...

The Tam Lin legend is ancient, dating back to at least the mid 16th century.
One of those strange, lurid, and explicit ancient ballads from the British Isles.
A maiden is walking through the woods,...

They are living as quietly as possible, and both doing quite well.

Some of the best?

A few old Gibsons that were head and shoulders above their litter mates.
A couple of Gilchrist's best efforts.
An exceptional two point oval hole D'Angelico that went through...

Why?? Here's a few things that those of us who repair instruments have found.

Some modern glues are good for instrument building, some are not.
Titebond Original has held up well over the years....

Actually, those of us who have worked on a number of 40's through mid 50's Gibson guitars might say "Only a Gibson isn't glued enough."

Gibson's wide-bodied mandolins were built from 1937 until 1942, when the script logos were standard.
The block letter logo was first used in 1946 or 47, after the wide body mandolins were...

I currently string mine 12 - 20w - 32 - 49 or 50. It sounds strong enough for me. I've tried 22's and 34's also.
Pete Ostroushko strung his about the same-- I measured the gauges of the set he...