need help with my mandolin

[txmandolin]

i inherited this mandolin from my great grandfather and i cant figure out the brand of the mandolin itself it has been frustrating i will be posting pictures of it these are the best ones i have of it so if there is anyone recognizes it please let me know ASAP

[txmandolin]

here are the rest of the pictures i have

[Jake Wildwood]

Oscar Schmidt (Jersey City, NJ) c.1920 or so.

[mandroid]

Love the Bridge Kludged together piece.

[Richard Sanabia]

I used a bridge like that on a cigar box guitar I made.

[txmandolin]

what do you mean kluged together i hope you mean glued together and it isnt it is a original instrument and not fixed up or nothing

[CoMando]

i inherited this mandolin from my great grandfather and i cant figure out the brand of the mandolin itself it has been frustrating i will be posting pictures of it these are the best ones i have of it so if there is anyone recognizes it please let me know ASAP

Punctuation is painless..

[Jake Wildwood]

what do you mean kluged together i hope you mean glued together and it isnt it is a original instrument and not fixed up or nothing

That bridge is not original to the instrument. It's the piece that the strings ride over on the center of the body.

[txmandolin]

i do know what the bridge is im not retarted

[earthsave]

i do know what the bridge is im not retarted

The bridge on your mandolin is just a piece of aluminum added probably when the old bridge either broker or got lost.

[Oliver R]

I think you mean 'retarded', and if you do thats not a particularly nice term to use.

[txmandolin]

yes thats what i mean and i could careless about if you think its a bad term to use

[Oliver R]

Why does that answer not shock me?

[Salmon Falls Strings]

yes thats what i mean and i could careless about if you think its a bad term to use

Hmm, responses like that won't get you too far on this forum. Hope you got the information you needed, but I wouldn't expect too much help in the future with comments like that.

[Jake Wildwood]

I second Brett on that. Sheesh.

[txmandolin]

i could careless about how far i get in a forum. it really doesnt matter to me all i wanted to know was the company that made the mandolin

[mandroid]

I understand Brits prefer 'Bodged' as opposed to 'Kludged' , the term is a sort of mechanical improvisation of using what is at hand to solve a problem ,

where the good is not the same as the perfect, but it will solve the situation, for now,

it will at least get you back in sight of shore where you can row the dinghy in,
if not back in the harbor tied up to the dock.

[Oliver R]

Edited due to talking s****!

[Oliver R]

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Oscar Schmidt (Jersey City, NJ) c.1920 or so.

In that case your answer is above. (the first answer following your original post)

[Oliver R]

(and I dont think TXMandolin is a Brit either mandroid)

[Ben Milne]

what do you mean kluged together i hope you mean glued together and it isnt it is a original instrument and not fixed up or nothing

hey tx how does your mando sound though not fixed or nuffing i like the butterfly on the cover it reminds me of batman the case is nice to

[CoMando]

[QUOTE=txmandolin;710431]here are the rest of the pictures i have


Nice snowman sheet...Do you have matching 'jammies?

[txmandolin]

it sounds like #### cause the strings are old as hell and it isnt tuned at all. those sheets arent mine my computer is in my little brothers room so it isnt my bed at all

[Fretbear]

what do you mean kluged together i hope you mean glued together and it isnt it is a original instrument and not fixed up or nothing
i do know what the bridge is im not retarted

o.k........

[Bertram Henze]

Explanations about the related terms "kludge" and "kluge" can be found here. Both mean quick temporary solutions, which do their job and eventually become permanent. I have used them often myself.