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Pocket mandolin

Pocket mandolin

Alternate name:Bandolino
Alternate name:Flat-back mandolin
Alternate name:Mandolinetto
Date: 1910-1929 ca.
Place Made:Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe, Vogtland
Model: none
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsOn the tuning mechanism and tailpiece cover: PATENT / RICHTER
DescriptionBack and sides: brown-stained maple
Neck: brown-stained maple
Head: brown-stained maple
Brass frets, brown-stained maple fingerboard
Back brace at center
Top braces above and below soundhole
DimensionsOverall Length: 546 mm
Body length from beginning of the neck: 293 mm
Body length without neck: 261mm
Body length inside: 247 mm
Width: 116/117 mm
Ribs from neck to below: 26-31 mm
Vibrating melody string length: 343 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 00055