dear friends, i would like some help about identifying my mandolin's maker, hera are the pictures:
i'll start restoration soon, hope i'll can get pictures or information about original maker in order to restore as similar as to original.
mandolin maker?
dear friends, i would like some help about identifying my mandolin's maker, hera are the pictures:
i'll start restoration soon, hope i'll can get pictures or information about original maker in order to restore as similar as to original.
Re: mandolin maker?
Do you have more photos than just those two? one of the back of the neck would help as well as the bowl and from the butt-end.
I would guess Italian. The headstock is fairly common but with that unusual scratchplate it might be from Catania group of luthiers. Out friend Dave Hynds set up this pictorial for Italian makers. You can check there for similarities. Look at the bottom of the page for alphabetical listings.
Jim
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Re: mandolin maker?
many thanks jim!!, Dave Hynds's pictorial gave me good ideas about how to initiate restoration....
here some other pictures:
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