I have inherited a lovely short scale Lyon & Healy C model mandolin. I would like to find out when it was built. It has a serial number of 1296. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
I have inherited a lovely short scale Lyon & Healy C model mandolin. I would like to find out when it was built. It has a serial number of 1296. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
With that number, I would put it in the early to mid 1920's.
We do not have any detailed lists of L & H numbers that I know of, so we have no way of narrowing it down to an exact year.
These are good mandolins.
If it's short-scale it should have patent dates on both the tailpiece base and the pickguard.
Does it have a pull-out rest? (It shouldn't but I have owned one Style C that did.)
Does it have the lyre tailpiece or a Waverly cloud tailpiece?
What about the label? In 1925 L&H started using a label that said 'Lyon & Healy" near the top and "WASHBURN" below it.
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If you could post a clear photo of the label, it will help. Thank you.
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What about the tailpiece?
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