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Well, a few days later, a new set of strings, lemon oil on the fretboard and headstock veneer and here we go. I didn't work too hard on the skin as I don't want to damage it.

The tuners are in...

Excellent! Thank you!

I think you're right. The crack does not appear to be past the veneer.

Thank you, John for the good advice.

Thank you Graham. Just as well as I only ordered cheap light gauge strings. I'll see how I go. If anything, it'll be nice to give it back all clean and strung up.

Thank you all for your contributions. Some quite funny (Ranald).
I actually spotted the instrument seven years ago under my elderly neighbour's staircase, among a trove of violins, trombone....

Thankyou, Sunburst, Pops1 and Rickbella. I'm in Australia. Do you know if some of those things were made here, especially with a name like Boomerang?

New to the forum. I'm a guitar player - acoustic, electric, baritone...- I just came across a banjo mandolin which my neighbour had under the stairs for a good 20 or 30 years, in its original black...