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My mandola does not have the pin, but the L&H mandola pictured in the Gruhn/Carter book (no serial number given) does. So, some mandocellos and mandolas have them, and some don't.

As per the front page, it's back:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161046256207

Same pictures as before, seller has zero feedback. Scam? Nearandfar, are you the seller?

I have seen such a pin on an (early) L&H mandocello as well... doubtful the ergonomics work right for sticking that in your watch pocket! Seems to suggest knee rest is the intended use.

Also, a...

Don't forget the one at Gruhn's:

http://www.gruhn.com/photo/MF8139.jpg

Pretty cool to have three on sale at the same time. As far as I can see, the one at Carter is the same price as the one...

I thought people might be interested in what a Lyon and Healy Style A mandola tailpiece looks like.

The pictures below are from a "PAT. APL'D FOR" mandola (note the four beads, as described...

I am trying to find the perfect set of strings for my Lyon and Healy Style A mandola. It has a 15.75" scale length.

I started out with the "Jazzdola" JD13 strings that Ted used to supply. ...

This short-scale Style C on Ebay is interesting to me for a couple of reasons:

1. Only Style C I've seen that has the metal pull-out extension on the side (for resting on your lap, watch pocket,...

Was excited to see this auction this morning on ebay for a late 20's K4 mandocello with virzi.

It's in the archive (#83272), but sans the pictures on ebay.

By the end of the day, though, the...

Mistake. That looks like a long-scale instrument to me (see position of twelfth-fret markers). Plus, description says "asymmetrical," but picture is of a symmetrical instrument. I suspect there's...

In response to an earlier post, Style C's certainly came in both long and short-scale versions.

For instance, here is a short-scale C for sale at a very reasonable price (no financial interest):...

I thought that earlier L&H mandos had the nice thin varnish, but that later examples were lacquer. This, I would think, would be a basis for a preference for buying an earlier model. I don't know...

I have a long-scale symmetrical L&H (pictures of which are in another thread).

Mine sounds nothing like a tenor banjo. I agree with Jim that it might have been the strings you were using. I use...

I saw this when it first went up on the Mandolin Brothers website, and I also have been earnestly hoping somebody would buy it soon and remove the temptation. I agree that price is on the low side...

Too much.

If someone had a pre-patent tailpiece-with-cover combination in perfect condition, with the felt still on and the original screws, maybe I'd be tempted.

Link in the ad now goes to a standard style A, not a De Pace. Looks like the De Pace picture in the cafe ad is just an accident.

Given that many of the instruments in the article have appreciated wildly in the decades they've been owned, I'd think that a theoretical owner's heirs would beg him or her not to sell, so they could...

Mandolin Brothers has changed the date to circa 1939. Not unreasonable, given that #125 is from early 1940. Serial # lists suggest he was making about 10-13 mandolins a year at that point (at...

New 12-string mandolin just up at the Mandolin Brothers website, serial #106:

http://www.mandoweb.com/Instruments/D%27Angelico-Oval+Soundhole+12-string+Mandolin-1930/2891

As per the Pleijsier book, mandolas and mandocellos were numbered separately. So, this is the fourth mandola made. I believe the one that sold at auction was serial number 2, as shown here:
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I am purchasing a $5,000+ vintage mandolin from a fellow member of the cafe (i.e. not from a store) who lives in Canada. This is the first time either of us have had to deal with the intricacies of...

Now take a look at the following five pictures of a later tailpiece (recently provided to me by a kind fellow cafe member) that falls into the third category above. The first picture shows that...

I'm interested in discussing the varieties of tailpieces for Lyon and Healy Style A, B and C mandolin family instruments.

Perhaps we can say these tailpieces fall into at least three categories:...

I had an argument with someone about this about 12 years ago, and I think the upshot was that the liner notes indicate it is a tenor banjo, rather than a mandolin.

I can't substantiate it, but...

I'm not a big fan of the Gumby style, but it's nice to see a D'Angelico for sale with so many detailed pictures. The case is great.

Makes you wonder about the amazing variety of D'Angelico...

Here's a picture I grabbed off of Ebay back in 2000. I may have the original description floating around somewhere, but, as I recall, it was billed as not having a serial number. I think they...