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Neapolitan mandolin

Maker August Carlstedt

Maker Ideal (trade name of August Carlstedt)

Date1900-1925 ca.

Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America

ModelIdeal

Serial No.666 Written in red ink on label: #760

SignedCircular paper label inside instrument, in black text, the serial number in red ink: IDEAL / TRADE C [superimposed over] A [superimposed over a guitar] MARK / WARRANTED / #[illegible] 7[60]
MarkingsStamped in black ink on neck block: 666

DescriptionSoundboard: twopiece spruce: wide grain
Bowl: 20 rosewood staves, 18 inner nine ribs narrower, divided by holly stringing
Clasp: rosewood; festooned lower end
Head: mahogany, front face veneered with rosewood
Neck: mahogany; integral with head
Binding: ivory celluloid; trim comprised of sevenply alternating ebony/maple stripe
Fingerboard: brownstained maple; 18 nickelsilver Tfrets; singledot motherofpearl inlays behind 5th, 7th, 10th, and 12th frets
Nut: bone
Bridge: missing
Tuners: two sets of wormgear machine tuners with nickelplated brass covers, brass rollers, and ivoroid heads
Tailpiece: nickelplated brass
Rosette: elliptical; ivoroid binding; trim comprised of sevenply alternating ebony/maple stripe
Pick guard: imitation tortoiseshell celluloid
Lacquer: slightly yellowed with craquelure
Bowl lining: black-brown mesh cloth
Blocks: light hardwood neck block
Top braces: spruce brace with tapered ends above soundhole; spruce brace with tapered ends below soundhole and at widest point of soundboard
Linings: kerfed spruce
DimensionsTotal mandolin length: 627 mm (2411/16”)
Top length: 322 mm (1211/16”)
Maximum body width: 194 mm (75/8”)
Maximum bowl height: 149 mm (57/8”)
Head length: 157 mm (63/16”)
Head width, top: 67 mm (25/8”)
Head width, bottom: 51 mm (2”)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 144 mm (521/32”)
Neck width, nut: 28 mm (13/32”)
Neck width, heel: 37 mm (115/32”)
Soundhole height: 47 mm (127/32”)
Soundhole width: 71 mm (213/16”)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 327 mm (127/8”) [approx. – estimated from discoloration on soundboard indicating previous bridge position]
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number03854

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