First of all, loosen the strings. It is a common repair.
What Skip said, loosen the strings, and take it to someone who works on mandolins that uses hide glue. A violin person will work too, as violins are put together with hide glue. It is not a bad repair and your mandolin will be just fine.
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Looks like someone already had a go at this mandolins there are visible bands of (white?) glue in the separated area and the finish doesn't look too original to my eyes. You may expect that the luthier will have to do more than just simple reglue. perhaps even removal of the whole back to check rest of the seam and clean the old glue. Find someone competent with vintage mandolin repair.
Adrian
First thank you all for the replies. Yes the strings are all loosened. My trouble is that I now live on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, would anyone know of a luthier here? Thanks
Kilin Reece (KR Strings) is in Kailua...not on Kauai, but a lot closer than most places.
If nobody has a personal recommendation searching Google for Kauai Luthier brings up people building guitars and ukes. You might get lucky and find one of them knows something about mandolins as well.
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Search for violin guys. There are some worth visiting.
Adrian
Try contacting Killian Reece
https://www.krstrings.com/
I am sure that he can give you some guidance as to where to go for some help on the Islands.
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