Does that have actual frets? It looks like just fret markers when I zoomed in. Do you have a link to BHO post?
Jim
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The frets have been removed and the slots filled in. This is how it was when we found it in the trash. Thanks, Maurice
http://www.banjohangout.org/archive/317491
It could be a modernized form of Thai grajappy or similar. Info on this page.
I will look further when I have more time.
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Wow, some of those are crazy looking. Thank you for the Info.
Maurice
Thank you Jim Garber . I spent some more time looking through the very cool ATLAS of Plucked Instruments and the grajappy appears to be the best match. I have converted it into a four string octave mandolin to Hang in our shed and take camping and boating. The good news is that I will not feel a bit bad keeping it out doors. Also good, If I wear a down vest and keep it pressed against that it produces a not too unpleasant haunting, growling, tone that sounds cool especially when playing with fingers in a minor key. The bad. If I play it with a pick, on my knee, with the back uncovered, it is quite obnoxious. Very loud with metallic, ringing overtones. Thank you for the help. I will keep looking for an example of what it might have sounded like as a grajappy before the frets were removed.
Maurice
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