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Jim Garber replied to a thread Another Mystery Bowlback (to test your patience) in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Can't see your attachment, NickR.

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Dec-06-2019, 9:05pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Shops in Naples and Rome in General Mandolin Discussions

Easy, big fella. Your query has been up for all of about otto ore. Check out our friends, Salvatore e Michele. Bottega del Mandolino. fai...

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Dec-06-2019, 6:34pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Circa 1940 Mandolin- Flat Top- recessed tuners- very odd. in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Weymann, Bauer and Stewart (all connected) seemed to be among the Philadelphia makers that used these front loading tuners.

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Dec-06-2019, 6:30pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Kerman Mandolin status as of 2019 in General Mandolin Discussions

The last time I heard that Kerman was charging about what a quality F-5 would cost here in the US. Did he quote you a price and how long it would...

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Dec-06-2019, 6:19pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Again with the picks in Equipment

Tony: You say your guitar picks don't cut it but what guitar picks are you using? And what it is about your picks that don't work or is it you are...

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Dec-06-2019, 6:06pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Another Mystery Bowlback (to test your patience) in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I agree with Nevin that the bowl looks like rosewood. Most bowlbacks were either maple or rosewood, rarely except in lowest level did they ever use...

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Dec-06-2019, 5:53pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

And from a few Maurers. It seems like the mid-line and fancier had these collars and the others none.

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Dec-06-2019, 5:50pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

Link worked for me Nick. Try this one. Interesting discussion, while this page is mostly focussed on guitars which seem a bit more...

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Dec-06-2019, 5:49pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

Here are a few more collars from various Stahl mandolins:

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Dec-06-2019, 5:44pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

Link worked for me Nick. Try this one. Interesting discussion, but this page is mostly focussed on guitars which seem a bit more...

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Dec-06-2019, 5:41pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

NickR: I am not sure why those uploads didn't take but I re-uploaded and added a few more. I hadn't played that one for awhile and I want to put some...

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Dec-06-2019, 3:52pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

As for the identifying true Larson creations, I think there are multiple characteristics for the guitars that don't really work with the mandolins....

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Dec-06-2019, 3:28pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

As others have noted, this mandolin resembles the Harmony-made mandolins sold by Sears-Roebuck under the Supertone label. Before we lose the photos...

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Dec-06-2019, 10:20am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

Stahl mandolin at RetroFret

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Dec-05-2019, 9:19pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Gibson snakehead Jrs vs other snakeheads in Looking for Information About Mandolins

One of the all-time best JG quips.....:) Mick

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Dec-05-2019, 9:17pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Gibson snakehead Jrs vs other snakeheads in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Snakeheads are wonderful. I have owned an A-Jr and I liked it but not as much as my 23 A-2. OTOH I have died when playing a few A-4 snakeheads. On...

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Dec-05-2019, 8:02pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

In my fantasy Hollywood biopic, there is a short scene where Carl and August actually talk to each other. Carl: Hey, August! August: What? Carl:...

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Dec-05-2019, 7:53pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Circa 1940 Mandolin- Flat Top- recessed tuners- very odd. in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

The faux finish job is pretty good, too. Avoids the 'grilled mandolin' look of later attempts. Parts is parts. Mick

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Dec-05-2019, 7:45pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Bowlbacks of Note in Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

You're in the right place. We all would like to buy an Embergher. Mick

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Dec-05-2019, 7:37pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

It is most absolutely, definitely, likely, probably not a Larson. Which means: there's a (snowball's) chance (in hexx) that it might be a...

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Dec-05-2019, 4:26pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Probably a typo of at least one zero on the price. Strange that it is 1898 and 1920s. Negotiate to about 3-5% of the asking price? It doesn't...

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Dec-05-2019, 2:23pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Anyone ever heard of a 'Kitolin'? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Even more amazing was when Uncle Adolph tried to mate the kitten with a mandolin. :)

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Dec-04-2019, 10:10pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Effect of storage on a mandolin in Builders and Repair

My father sat me down many years ago and told me how babies were born. He never mentioned hanging a mandolin on a wall. By my calculations, for every...

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Dec-04-2019, 10:06pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Old Mandolin Restorer's Dilemma in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Glop, glop, glop....

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Dec-04-2019, 10:03pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Is this a real Larson? in Vintage Instruments

Larson query always=:popcorn:

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Dec-04-2019, 2:21pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Embergher - original bridge and questions? in Vintage Instruments

IIRC Elderly had the last batch of these books and they were all sold out a few years ago. At one point Ralf was going to publish a revised and...

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Dec-04-2019, 2:16pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Anyone ever heard of a 'Kitolin'? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

That is odd but hard to tell whether the patent drawing is inaccurate, however it does look like in the photo that the frets are fanned. You are...

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Dec-04-2019, 9:22am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Embergher - original bridge and questions? in Vintage Instruments

I never understand why people list instruments without full photos. And there should be pics from side view. It is still hard to tell but I do...

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Dec-04-2019, 12:38am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Embergher - original bridge and questions? in Vintage Instruments

Tim: My guess is that the bridge on this Embergher is a repro. The Roman style bridge was intonated early on and with the bass side higher than the...

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Dec-03-2019, 11:44pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Anyone ever heard of a 'Kitolin'? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

The patent, granted in 1900, seems to cover the tuning mechanism as well as the fan-frets—could be the first of its kind in US? Very interesting. ...

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