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found these yesterday with a friend's good eye and a flashlight. posted them in the FB mandolin group and this was the response I received, "... Instruments often have marks inside...

yes, I posted my instrument on the FB MG page. And as I posted above, Dave Hayes also said, "If it isn't it is ripped off directly from their designs. The name on the headstock looks crappy, as if...

can't see inside, I'd need a scope! it's exactly the same as the pic posted by Jim Simpson 2006, however, and unfortunately, not with a case.

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Dave said, "If it isn't it is ripped off directly from their designs. The name on the headstock looks crappy, as if added later. It may be a marriage. Hoyers had a nicer headstock.

UPDATE: my mandolin is made by OTTO WINDISCH, Germany, 1950. They're called a 'mandolinetto'. :D

just found the Rosita mandolin on Framous-Vintage which does have a slotted headstock, but that's the only similar feature. good call though, as the vintage ad on their home page does picture one...

yeah, Dave Hayes thought it looked like a Hoyer as well. I haven't looked at Framus, but since you have and anyone here will have much more experience with mandolins than myself, I will believe that...

I just bought the same mandolin as the pic shared above from Jim Simpson, however, it does not have a case. Does anyone here know anything about this 'Grange' mandolin. Dave from 'Mandolin Cafe'...