I would like any information about my mandolin. It is an Il Globo flat back mandolin photo attached. I bought it off an old lady in Oxford in1968 for about 2 or 3 pounds. It had been in her attic and was damaged but it was playable. I have since had it repaired and it plays with good tone and good volume especially on the D and A strings. Someone told me it was made 100 years ago probably in Italy but possibly in New York by Italians who emigrated there.
The label is partly torn. It says Il Glo....and underneath Fabbricato....
Also it has a half inch hole in each side opposite the bridge. Someone suggested it may have had a pick up inserted.
From what I have read on the internet Il Globo mandolins are usually bowl back. I have found no reference to a flat back.
If anyone can tell me anything about it I would be very interested to hear from them.
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