Does anyone recognize this label? Inside an old bowlback.

Starts with a cursive D.

https://i.imgur.com/WjMnaKk.jpg

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This is the mandolin:

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/59720844

It looks unplayable due to high action, IMHO.

Yes, I've discovered that. I will try sanding down the bridge, and maybe shimming up the nut.

The label is from Luigi Ricca. Here is what it would look like:

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That mandolin was modified radically with a snakehead and probably completely refinished and who knows what else.

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Originally Posted by Jim Garber

The label is from Luigi Ricca. Here is what it would look like:

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That mandolin was modified radically with a snakehead and probably completely refinished and who knows what else.

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Wow. Dr. Luigi Riccanstein. With that action this would likely work better as a vegetable slicer than as a instrument.

Mick

In this photo from the side it looks like there is something raising the 4 course of strings. It seem rather strange to do so. There is aso a pick in the strings but that should not do so much.

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by Jim Garber

In this photo from the side it looks like there is something raising the 4 course of strings. It seem rather strange to do so. There is aso a pick in the strings but that should not do so much.

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The neck is a bit warped. Also, someone decided to glue the bridge in place. After my file arrives from China, I will try filing down the slots in the bridge, to see if I can make it playable.

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Originally Posted by Jim Garber

...That mandolin was modified radically with a snakehead...

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What do you mean by "snakehead?"