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RKHII
Jul-20-2005, 9:12am
Good morning everyone.

I'm looking for info on an old mando a friend has. His father got it in 1937 in exchange for work cleaning out an elderly gentleman's home. The mando is an A style with a very deep back.

There is a label inside the body that reads:

C W Lennox, Maker
28 Woodbine Street
Hartford, CONN
1891 (the '1' appears to have be handwritten)

All of the seams are intact, two of the tuning peg handles are missing and there is a piece of inlay missing from the head. It looks to be in pretty decent condition for a 114 yr old instrument.

Any info on this mando would be greatly appreciated. I can find one site that lists C W Lennox as an "American Fretted Musical Instrument Makers" ca. 1895.

I have pictures available if anyone wants to see them.

Thanks and keep on picking - Be Well,

Rick
danb
Jul-20-2005, 9:52am
Post 'em here and I'm sure you'll get a pretty good earful about what it is!
RKHII
Jul-20-2005, 10:25am
okay - I'm a rock. How do I add pics to the post?

Thanks for your patience?
Eric F.
Jul-20-2005, 1:59pm
From the instructions in the miscellaneous section:

Click on Add Reply at top of page, next to New Topic. When that page opens, type in your post message and at the bottom of the page there is an option to attach a file. Click on browse and locate your jpeg image on your hard drive, highlight it and click on Open. Thats it.


I will add that you have to make sure your image size is pretty small. I think the largest edge can be no more than 640 or 680. Just keep reducing the pixels numbers until you get the board to take the photo.
RKHII
Jul-20-2005, 2:12pm
Lennox mando pic
RKHII
Jul-20-2005, 2:15pm
Lennox mando pic 2
RKHII
Jul-20-2005, 2:16pm
Lennox mando pic 3
RKHII
Jul-20-2005, 2:17pm
Lennox mando pic 4
RKHII
Jul-20-2005, 2:18pm
Lennox mando pic 5
RKHII
Jul-20-2005, 2:19pm
Lennox mando pic 6
Eric F.
Jul-20-2005, 2:49pm
Groovy headstock! Otherwise, I have no idea. The people most up on bowlbacks tend to hang in the classical section.
RKHII
Jul-20-2005, 8:30pm
Thanks Eric,

I posted in the classical section and am getting some helpful responses.

Thanks again,

Rick