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    Thanks for all the info people. I've decided I'm going to keep it and put, "Learn to play Dad's mandolin," on my bucket list!

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    another question now just came up-could this be a Loar era modified A Model-because of the different neck and bridge thats there?

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    I've decided I'm going to keep it and put, "Learn to play Dad's mandolin," on my bucket list!
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    Well, Bernunzio has a late-teens A for sale for $1,350; Elderly has one for $1,195. Gruhn has a 1914 with a neck re-set for $1,750. These are dealers whose prices tend to be at the high end, but I'm thinking that even with replacement tuners and bridge, and no tailpiece cover, this one could be more than $800 retail. Of course, we don't know if everything else is in good shape...
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    This mandolin predates the Loar era and has not been "modified" -- it's just had the bridge replaced, which could have happened anytime between 1921 and your father's death. The Loar era at Gibson is a relatively short period of time ... just four years ... and a bridge replacement most likely isn't a factory job anyway ... and in any case, a simple bridge replacement doesn't increase the value of the instrument even if Lloyd Loar himself did it. It's probably worth a little less without the original bridge, even if it sounds/plays better with a new one.
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