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Mandolinetto

Alternate name(s)
  • Mandolin
  • Mandolin guitar
Trade Name (trade name of J. W. Jenkins Sons)
Date1893-1907 ca.
Place MadeKansas City, Missouri, United States, North America
ModelNo. 25
SignedEngraved on mother-of-pearl strip behind 16th fret: HARWOOD

Branded in oval on back of head: HARWOOD / NEW-YORK

Triangle-shaped brand on neck block: GENUINE / HARWOOD / REGISTERED / [inside inner triangle] TRADE MARK
DescriptionStringing: eight steel strings in pairs
Soundboard: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: narrow grain broadening to medium at the flanks
Back: one-piece rosewood
Ribs: rosewood
Head: mahogany veneered with rosewood on face; integral with neck; volute on back of neck at head position
Neck: mahogany; integral with head; V-shaped profile
Heel cap: black tropical hardwood, possibly ebony; set in from back
Binding: ivory celluloid on top with trim comprised of angled light, dark, red-stained, and green-stained hardwood blocks of various widths surrounded on each side by red-stained hardwood strips; ivory celluloid on back with no trim
Fretboard: ebony bound with ivory celluloid, with black wood trim on sides of neck; 17 nickel-silver T-frets; single mother-of-pearl dots behind 5th, 7th, 10th, and 12th frets; mother-of-pearl strip engraved "HARWOOD" behind 16th fret
Nut: bone
Bridge: ebony; bone inlaid strip
Tailpiece: nickel-plated brass string holder with engraved cover; attached with three domed, slot-head screws into lower rib and block
Tuners: two pairs of worm-gear tuners with steel plates and brass rollers and black celluloid heads
Rosette: oval soundhole bound in ivory celluloid with rosette comprised of trim comprised of angled light, dark, red-stained, and green-stained hardwood blocks of various widths surrounded on each side by red-stained hardwood strips, light hardwood strips, alternating light and dark hardwood blocks, and dark hardwood strips
Pick guard: imitation-tortoise-shell celluloid with scalloped lower outline, inlaid with abalone and mother-of-pearl eagle holding two light, blue-stained, and red-stained hardwood American flags
Varnish: orange with craquelure on top; transparent elsewhere
Linings: kerfed mahogany
Neck block: mahogany with beveled corners
End block: mahogany with beveled corners
Top bracing: three mahogany braces with tapered ends at upper, center and lower bouts
Back bracing: three mahogany braces with tapered ends at upper, center and lower bouts
Grafts: mahogany
Other: circular saw marks visible on inside of sides
DimensionsTotal mandolin length: 562 mm (22-1/8″)
Back length: 265 mm (10-7/16″)
Upper bout width: 139 mm (5-15/32″)
Waist width: 119 mm (4-11/16)
Lower bout width: 194 mm (7-5/8″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 56 mm (2-3/16″)
Rib height, at waist: 62 mm (2-7/16″)
Rib height, at endpin: 65 mm (2-9/16″)
Head length: 146 mm (5-3/4″)
Head width, top: 67 mm (2-5/8″)
Head width, bottom: 52 mm (2-1/16″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 157 mm (6-3/16″)
Neck width, nut: 30 mm (1-3/16″)
Neck width, heel: 37 mm (1-15/16″)
Soundhole height: 47 mm (1-27/32″)
Soundhole width: 70 mm (2-3/4″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 338 mm (13-15/16″)
Scale length: 334 mm (13-5/32″)
Credit LineGift of Lynn Jenkins, in memory of Robert Jenkins, 2024
Object number15803
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