Mandolin
Date1920-1940 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Modelflat back
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsWritten on small cloth sticker [adhesive tape] on peghead front face in black marker: 7
DescriptionStringing: eight strings [none present]
Soundboard: birch with sunburst finish
Back: birch with reddish-brown sunburst finish
Ribs: red-brown-stained birch
Head: dark-brown-stained maple; integral with neck
Neck: maple; heel stained dark-brown; integral with head
Heel cap: none
Binding: ivory-celluloid on top edge
Fretboard: dark-brown-stained mahogany; 17 nickel-silver T-frets; single white plastic dots inlaid behind 5th, 7th, and 10th frets
Nut: brown-stained maple
Bridge: missing
Tailpiece: nickel-plated steel; seashell-shaped
Tuners: two sets of worm-gear machine tuners with nickel-plated steel plates, nickel-plated brass rollers, and ivory-plastic heads
Endpin: none
Rosette: oval soundhole bound in ivory-celluloid
Pick guard: none
Varnish: dark brown sunburst finish
Linings: kerfed hardwood on top and back
Neck block: hardwood; integral with neck
End block: hardwood
Top bracing: spruce brace with tapered ends above soundhole; spruce braces with tapered ends below soundhole and at widest point of soundboard
Back bracing: spruce braces with tapered ends under soundhold and at widest part of body
Grafts: none visible
DimensionsTotal mandolin length: 610 mm (24-1/32”)
Back length: 310 mm (12-3/16”)
Width (at widest point): 224 mm (8-13/16”)
Rib height, at heel: 48 mm (1-7/8”)
Rib height, at widest point: 55.6 mm (2-3/16”)
Rib height, at endpin: 54 mm (2-1/8”)
Head length: 145.4 mm (5-23/32”)
Head width, top: 58.4 mm (2-5/16”)
Head width, bottom: 44.4 mm (1-3/4”)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 145 mm (5-23/32”)
Neck width, nut: 28.9 mm (1-1/8”)
Neck width, heel: 38 mm (1-1/2”)
Soundhole height: 45 mm (1-25/32”)
Soundhole width: 74.7 mm (2-15/16”)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 330 mm (13”) [approx. – estimated from discoloration on soundboard indicating previous position of bridge]
Body depth at neck: 4.7 cm (1 27/32”)
Body depth at bottom: 5.2 cm (2 1/16”)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04065
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1920-1929 ca.
