I've got a nice signed photo from Chris because I helped his wife Connie tracking down an advertiser that used the song Lazy Days on a TV commercial...
It was Chris Hillman's mandolin playing on Last of the Red Hot Burritos- an album that my older brother had bought in 1972 that got me interested in...
Most likely made in one of the Far Eastern nations- Japan, Korea or China depending on its age in that order. It is probably newer rather than older-...
Those round ends just push into the gears and you can see in the photo of the tuners before I cleaned them that the bottom gear below the replacement...
Yes, 14 teeth all right. I took a look at bowlbacks after Mike's comment and found two Regal examples which were reckoned to be 1890s and 1900s. Both...
It is a Kay from just after WW2. The model is most likely the K-73 which has maple back and sides and a spruce top and sold for about $33 in the very...
There should be a brace immediately above the sound hole which you should be able to feel and another below the sound hole- perhaps, not as close to...
Leaving the seven buttons as they are, is the best option. Every now and again German made mandolin tuners appear on eBay- they do not have to be the...
I have spoken to my luthier and he says you can buy mammoth tusk and bone buttons if you search hard- or you could use a plastic button and shape and...
Barnes & Mullins began in the 1890s and I agree that the label does look very stylised and possibly influenced aby the Art Nouveau movement. I saw a...
Barnes & Mullins began in the 1890s and I agree that the label does look very stylised and possibly influenced aby the Art Nouveau movement. I saw a...
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