Pocket mandolin
Alternate name(s)
- Flat-back mandolin
- Bandolino
- Mandolinetto
Date1920-1929 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Vogtland, Germany, Europe
Modelnone
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsWritten in pencil on inside of back: 13
DescriptionSoundboard: spruce
Back: slab-cut maple with imitation rosewood figure
Ribs: maple with imitation rosewood figure
Head: black-painted maple; integral with neck
Neck: black-painted maple; integral with head
Heel cap: none
Binding: none; purfling set in from edge
Fretboard: rosewood; 17 brass T-frets; single mother-of-pearl dots inlaid behind 5th and 7th frets
Nut: rosewood
Bridge: brown hardwood
Tailpiece: nickel-plated steel; seashell-shaped
Tuners: two sets of worm-gear machine tuners with brass plates, nickel-plated brass rollers, and bone heads
Endpin: none
Rosette: oval soundhole with rosewood trim
Pick guard: rosewood, integral with soundhole trim
Varnish: clear; imitation rosewood on back and sides; black-painted neck and head
Linings: spruce
Neck block: spruce
End block: not visible
Top bracing: spruce brace with tapered ends above soundhole; spruce brace with tapered ends below soundhole and at widest point of soundboard
Back bracing: three spruce braces with tapered ends under soundhold, at middle, and at widest part of body
Grafts: none visible
DimensionsTotal length: 578 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00051
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1900-1925 ca.
