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Mandolin

Mandolin

Maker: Carl and August Larson
Distributor: W. J. Dyer & Brother (distributor)
Date: 1906 - 1910 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Place Distributed:Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, North America
Model: Symphony Style 35
Serial No: 141
SignedLocated on label inside the sound hole: SYMPHONY / HARP / MANDOLIN / Style 35 No. 141 / PATENTED IN U. S. AND CANADA / MANUFACTURED BY / W. J. DYER & BRO. / SAINT PAUL, MINN.

The numbers 35 and 141 are handwritten in ink.
MarkingsLocated on the label in pencil: 1910
On brace just below label: Dec. 25, 1910 (the year has been rewritten, may not be the original writing.)
Inlay on the peghead: abstract flower motif
Inlay on the pickguard: branch with leaves and seven-petaled flowers.
DescriptionSymphony harp style mandolin with asymmetrical body with harp-like extension on bass side. Spruce top, mahoghany neck, back and sides with abalone inlay around the body. Inlay also located on the peghead and the pickguard (below the main soundhole.) Two soundholes both surrounded by inlay located: 1) on harp extension and 2) below fingerboard.
DimensionsHeight: 23.5 in (596 mm)
Width: 8.75 in (222 mm)
Harp extension height: 18.5 in (470 mm)
Fingerboard length: 9.75 in (248 mm)
Fingerboard width: 1.35 in (34 mm)
Vibrating string length: 13.25 in (336 mm)
ProvenancePurchased in 2000 from Gruhn Guitars, Nashville, Tennessee.
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 2000
Not on view
Published References“Recent Acquisitions,” America’s Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 27, No. 3 (August 2000), p. 6.
Object number: 07462