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Mandola
Maker: Carl and August Larson
Distributor: William C. Stahl
Date: 1929 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Place Distributed:Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedBlue and white oval paper label visible through sound hole: Wm C. Stahl / MANUFACTURER / Milwaukee, Wisconsin. / (stamped in purple ink) PATENT NO. 38682 / HAMMERSMITH ENG. CO MILL (written along the edge)
Markingsnone
DescriptionPeg-head: 8 metal pegs with white plastic/celluloid heads attached with nickel fittings. 2 steel strings, 6 brass wound strings.
Neck: one piece with peg-head. plastic/celluloid triangle on back where neck meets body.
Fret-board: plastic/celluloid nut, separate piece but finished to look like part of the neck. 20 metal frets. Mother-of-pearl inlay dots in frets 5, 7, 10, 12, 15. Single dots in 5 and 12, double dots in 7, 10, and 15. Fingerboard tapers to the treble side above the sound-hole.
Front: One-piece, edged with white plastic/celluloid. Sound-hole design of white plastic/celluloid, parallelograms in orange and yellow with a black background. Pick-guard with tortoise-shell inlay of flowers and leaves. Wooden bridge, plastic/celluloid lined top. Metal tailpiece. See Attachment I.
Back: One-piece, edged with white plastic/celluloid.
Sides: 4 large pieces, 2 small pieces which raise sides to meet neck.
Neck: one piece with peg-head. plastic/celluloid triangle on back where neck meets body.
Fret-board: plastic/celluloid nut, separate piece but finished to look like part of the neck. 20 metal frets. Mother-of-pearl inlay dots in frets 5, 7, 10, 12, 15. Single dots in 5 and 12, double dots in 7, 10, and 15. Fingerboard tapers to the treble side above the sound-hole.
Front: One-piece, edged with white plastic/celluloid. Sound-hole design of white plastic/celluloid, parallelograms in orange and yellow with a black background. Pick-guard with tortoise-shell inlay of flowers and leaves. Wooden bridge, plastic/celluloid lined top. Metal tailpiece. See Attachment I.
Back: One-piece, edged with white plastic/celluloid.
Sides: 4 large pieces, 2 small pieces which raise sides to meet neck.
DimensionsHeight: 749 mm (29.5 in)
Upper body width: 140 mm (5.5 in)
Lower body width: 260 mm (10.25 in)
Vibrating sting length: 420 mm (16.5 in)
Soundhole diameter (side to side): 75.2 mm (2.9 in)
Upper body width: 140 mm (5.5 in)
Lower body width: 260 mm (10.25 in)
Vibrating sting length: 420 mm (16.5 in)
Soundhole diameter (side to side): 75.2 mm (2.9 in)
ProvenancePurchased in 2002 from Curtis Teague, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 2002
Not on view
Published ReferencesHartman, Robert Carl. The Larsons’ Creations: Guitars and Mandolins. Anaheim Hills, California: Centerstream Publishing, 1996.
Object number: 10096