Advanced Search
Neapolitan mandolin
Maker: Lyon & Healy
Trade Name: George Washburn (trade name of Lyon & Healy)
Date: 1917 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: George Washburn Style 1618
Serial No: 20732
SignedPrinted on oval paper label, the text around edge printed in dark red ink, the text at center printed in black ink, the serial number and model number rubber-stamped in [faded] black ink: WASHBURN / [around edge] HIGHEST AWARD WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO [small triangle] 1893 [small triangle] GOLD MEDAL AND DIPLOMA ANTEWRP [small triangle] 1894 / No 20732 Style 1618 / MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP / FULLY GUARANTEED FOR ONE / YEAR FROM DATE OF ORIGINAL PUR- / CHASE PROVIDING THIS LABEL / HAS NOT BEEN MUTILATED. / [triangle] MODEL 1915 [triangle]
Engraved into metal tuner cover: WASHBURN
Branded into base of neck block: [text inside belt encircling a guitar] GEORGE / [WASHBURN]
Engraved into metal tuner cover: WASHBURN
Branded into base of neck block: [text inside belt encircling a guitar] GEORGE / [WASHBURN]
MarkingsStamped in black ink on neck block: 20732
DescriptionSoundboard: two-piece spruce: fine grain
Bowl: 15 rosewood staves, inner 13 ribs narrower, divided by maple stringing
Clasp: rosewood; festooned lower end
Head: Spanish cedar veneered with rosewood on front face
Neck: Spanish cedar; integral with head
Binding: ebony; trim on top comprised of two-ply light and dark hardwood
Fingerboard: brown-stained maple; 20 nickel-silver frets under E and A strings, 18 under D and G strings; mother-of-pearl dots behind 3rd and 10th fret; mother-of-pearl single dots inlaid behind 5th, 7th, 12th, and 14th frets; ivory-celluloid side dots inlaid behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 12th, and 14th frets
Nut: bone
Bridge: missing
Tuners: enclosed worm-gear machine tuners with nickel-plated steel cover, brass rollers, and ivory-celluloid heads
Tailpiece: nickel-plated brass; missing cover
Rosette: elliptical; ebony; trim comprised of four-ply light and dark hardwood
Pick guard: imitation tortoiseshell-celluloid
Lacquer: slightly yellowed with craquelure
Bowl lining: black-painted cloth
Blocks: light hardwood neck and bottom blocks
Top braces: spruce brace with tapered ends above soundhole; spruce braces with tapered ends below soundhole and at widest point of body; thick spruce lining along inside of bend
Linings: dark-stained spruce
Bowl: 15 rosewood staves, inner 13 ribs narrower, divided by maple stringing
Clasp: rosewood; festooned lower end
Head: Spanish cedar veneered with rosewood on front face
Neck: Spanish cedar; integral with head
Binding: ebony; trim on top comprised of two-ply light and dark hardwood
Fingerboard: brown-stained maple; 20 nickel-silver frets under E and A strings, 18 under D and G strings; mother-of-pearl dots behind 3rd and 10th fret; mother-of-pearl single dots inlaid behind 5th, 7th, 12th, and 14th frets; ivory-celluloid side dots inlaid behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 12th, and 14th frets
Nut: bone
Bridge: missing
Tuners: enclosed worm-gear machine tuners with nickel-plated steel cover, brass rollers, and ivory-celluloid heads
Tailpiece: nickel-plated brass; missing cover
Rosette: elliptical; ebony; trim comprised of four-ply light and dark hardwood
Pick guard: imitation tortoiseshell-celluloid
Lacquer: slightly yellowed with craquelure
Bowl lining: black-painted cloth
Blocks: light hardwood neck and bottom blocks
Top braces: spruce brace with tapered ends above soundhole; spruce braces with tapered ends below soundhole and at widest point of body; thick spruce lining along inside of bend
Linings: dark-stained spruce
DimensionsTotal mandolin length: 618 mm (24-11/32”)
Top length: 315 mm (12-13/32”)
Maximum body width: 202 mm (7-15/16”)
Maximum bowl height: 172 mm (6-25/32”)
Head length: 155 mm (6-3/32”)
Head width, top: 66 mm (2-19/32”)
Head width, bottom: 53 mm (2-3/32”)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 143 mm (5-5/8”)
Neck width, nut: 30 mm (1-3/16”)
Neck width, heel: 39 mm (1-17/32”)
Soundhole height: 50 mm (1-31/32”)
Soundhole width: 75 mm (2-15/16”)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 328 mm (12-29/32”) [estimated from discoloration on soundboard indicating where bridge would have been]
Top length: 315 mm (12-13/32”)
Maximum body width: 202 mm (7-15/16”)
Maximum bowl height: 172 mm (6-25/32”)
Head length: 155 mm (6-3/32”)
Head width, top: 66 mm (2-19/32”)
Head width, bottom: 53 mm (2-3/32”)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 143 mm (5-5/8”)
Neck width, nut: 30 mm (1-3/16”)
Neck width, heel: 39 mm (1-17/32”)
Soundhole height: 50 mm (1-31/32”)
Soundhole width: 75 mm (2-15/16”)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 328 mm (12-29/32”) [estimated from discoloration on soundboard indicating where bridge would have been]
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 02487