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    Trying to identify this flatback....potentially 1920's or 30's??

    The label in side has a small part that is illegible. There is a P or an F...followed by a few letters then it ends in R followed by Bros. Dealers in Musical Instruments, strings, etc.
    teachers of Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar and Concertina 1805 Vine street in Cincinnati, Ohio

    The letters between that 1st letter and the R of the name are covered by a label that says made in Germany

    Thank you in advance for any help!!

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    Default Re: Identifying German Made Mando...maybe 1920's?

    According to the "William's Business Directory" of 1909, this would have been The Fischer Brothers Musical Instrument Company at 1805 Vine St. in Cincinnati.

    No information on the mandolin itself, but it does look rather German, as others will certainly join in to testify.

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    Default Re: Identifying German Made Mando...maybe 1920's?

    If the label says it’s German .......... It certainly looks European - Czech made? - but most of them had a zero fret.

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    Default Re: Identifying German Made Mando...maybe 1920's?

    This is probably a "made for the trade" instrument, where the factory made that made them shipped them without a label and a shop or distributor put there own label. The specific factory it was made in could be hard to pinpoint unless there is something about the build that is unique or there is food documentation of the shop it was made for.

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    I've had couple of similar mandolins. They came from Luby (former Schonbach) which was part of Markneukirchen/Schonbach instrument making center on the borders of germany and later Czechoslovakia. Before WW2 they supplied millions of instruments to wholesalers just equipped with obligatory "Made in Germany" label. The final reseller used his own label over the factory one.
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