Cat Eyes ? What did my father leave me ?

[airhippypaw]

[sunburst]

Looks like a Framus. They were (are?) made in Germany, if I'm not mistaken.

[Michael Lewis]

What does the decal on the headstock say?

[8ch(pl)]

How about Hofner?

[Bertram Henze]

I think the decal says "Kühlwetter", but search reveals nothing.

The body looks like a Framus Graciella, but the headstock is very alien; it has no tuners, and there seem to be only six holes for tuners.

[JeffD]

I hadn't noticed, but both Hofner and Framus seem to frequently have marked the ninth fret, not the tenth. Poking around the net its hard to find a Hofner with the tenth fret marked.

[allenhopkins]

1. Does definitely look like a Framus Graciella with a custom or replacement neck. Tailpiece also seems non-Framus, but I'm assuming they used several designs (?).

2. Think that I can discern eight tuner holes in the headstock.

3. A focused pic of the label/decal might yield a bit more info.

[bingoccc]

A Hofner 545 from the 60's maybe?

From Kuhlwetter Musikhaus?

[Jeff Mando]

Yep, that looks like it!

[Bertram Henze]

A Hofner 545 from the 60's maybe?

From Kuhlwetter Musikhaus?

That's the solution. Musikhaus Kühlwetter was in the town of Gießen in Germany (Elvis rented a piano from them in1959) but has gone out of business since, apparently.