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Might be a pre 1900 instrument:
-This type of small symmetrical scratchplate looks pretty 1800s
-bowls consisting of alternating wood types seemed to have their hayday before 1900 (though you can...

To state the obvious:
This mandolin is inspired by Luigi Embergher's mandolins.
They were there the hottest sheet at the beginning of the last century (and still are).
So you will find more or...

This mandolin is from Reghin, Romania.
They probably just slapped the Paesold-Label on it.
The same type of mandolin, with just minor changes, is build to this day by the Hora factory.

Thanks, I'm now halfway through the documentation. (Sorry to all of you not speaking German).

I also had a quick look at the mandolins Süper was playing over the years.
In the video above he is...

Hans Süper junior (1936-2022) was a comedian and mandolin player from Cologne, Germany.
He passed away from cancer on December 3rd.

Though having a strong Cologne dialect he was known across...

Does anyone have an idea, what strings / string diameter to use to tune a bisernica in fifths?
I also have one and tore a string trying to do so. I guess I got overly zealous.

I saw pretty much this same model on German eBay a few years back for like 200-300 euros, but it was optically in better condition. It still had the wooden bottom part that's missing from the one...

The tailpiece is literally the most used tailpiece on vintage German mandolins. So there's that.

I presume it was built by one of the few dozen luthiers in East Germany who also built archtop jazz...

The painting might be from 1994 but the mandolin itself seems indeed like a soviet mandolin from the Lviv factory.

But only until one day you see that one pair of Lloyd Loar worn socks in the Classifieds...

That is a German "Wappen"-Style mandolin body.

This reminds me of the Monzino mandolins from Italy.

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Because of the head stock, headstock inlay, neck shape, like almost everything.

Also the fact that someone was so attached to it that he made a playable (?) instrument out of it again when it was...

I Wonder if it is / was a real Embergher

The tater bug stamp is very reminiscent of the ant stamp on Puglisi mandolins.
Now I wonder if there are even more Catanian insect stamp mandolins.

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Yeah, isn't that what you yankees say over there? ;)

I have a small collection of instruments
(Unfortunately not all in playable condition)

Those from the mandolin family or similar (tuned in fifths):
-A-Style mandolin (Kentucky KM-150)
-F-Style...

To me sticking with one mandolin for 50 years is more impressive than accumulating 50 mandolins in one year.
I've played for just over a year now and have already got a bunch of mandos (well not 50,...

Yeah, you can say that. I was not actually planning on getting one.
I assume you know how it works ;)



Well the company is called Cümbüş ( https://zeynelabidincumbus.com.tr ) but you're right...

So, I bit the bullet and now have a used Cümbüş mandolin on the way to me.
Let's see if it's worth the 30 bucks.
I am no expert on woods, looks like the top is solid (though of poor wood...

Turkey seems to be right, similar to this one (headstock, etc.) :
https://www.gittigidiyor.com/muzik-plak-enstruman/cc1700-zeynel-abidin-cumbus-mandolin_pdp_592368881

700 Turkish Lira would be...

I make compulsive bids even when sober.
Only God knows what would happen if I was drunk...

Somehow the name rings a bell for me but I can't quite put my finger on it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MANDOLINO-Napoletano-La-Corona-1900/174256170815

Or your wife could buy YOU a Laptop as a thankyou for bringing a new mando into the house… or even better she could buy you a new mando.

Hi.
I have a Romanian mandolin though a different model (a Portuguese II model which has a narrower Body).
It think it is a decent Instrument for the Price (and you can regulary find them even...