Re: Old S.S. Stewart mandolin
Here's the Stewart labeled "Martin" from Jake Wildwood's site that Nick referred to earlier.
I quibble with Jake now and then on his assignations, but not on this one, volute and all.
I recall the conversation about Dave's Stewart mandolin and I was in the Martin camp on that one.
Certainly it's hard to be definitive from photos.
I haven't written any books on Martin but the call outs that Richard Johnston suspects don't seem overwhelming to me.
I found a Favilla labeled flatback that folks were debating whether it was truly a Martin or a Favilla "copy".
It's attached here, too.
Looks like a Martin to me.
My Ditson-Martin "B" had the same tiny fret dots but Martin used different sizes at different times.
The volute seemed to disappear some time in the early '20s on the B and C models.
I'm an advocate of Ockham's Razor.
If Stewart didn't make them, who did?
Mick
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