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Thank you! A quick google with that extra information brought up this blogspot, which shows a fancier version.

https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com/2010/10/c1925-stromberg-voisinet-galiano.html

Hello helpful people! Another friend of mine has found this mandolin in her parents house. (I was recently gifted three mandolins from a different friend - the 3 old mandolins walk into a bar...

I don’t know exactly what you mean by a seam separation, it is a very narrow split, runs under one of the G strings basically, tough to see as it looks like a shadow from the strings or even the...

Gibson disease, lol! Glad to know it’s not fatal!

they do have some issues, I don’t think it’s too bad, but I think they were in an attic. :-( The necks seem fine, the sunburst has a thin split on the face, that I think even just a little humidity...

I hadn’t noticed, but it does look elevated. I added another picture of it. How do you get the ages? I’ve been googling Gibson serial numbers, but haven’t been able to nail anything down. I’m gonna...

...but how old are they?
I was just given these three mandolins and I’m trying to learn more about them. They were in a friend’s house for decades, she believes her grandfather played them. Lucky...

Here is a picture of tailpiece.

I am loving this mandolin! Thank you again for all the great info.

For the record, that's my friend playing, not me...I'm still a newb, but learning!

Ok, that really stretched me...getting a youtube account and all. Here is the link, hope it works. Sorry for the background noise, kids are loud.

http://youtu.be/yL6T5gJZlZ8

I have a video of me playing and singing a song on this mandolin, and then my new The Loar. Not sure I'm ready to share that here! But, I went by my friends house and had him play some stuff on it....

Thanks for that link, just using turkey trussing string for a strap at the moment...but it works. Been to two jams in two days with it, felt like I was getting the hang of it tonight. It's been...

It is!

Ok...so how do I put a strap on this without the button on the end? Is that something I should add?

I simply referred Joe to this thread to look at the pictures, since I didnt see a way to attach them in the message. I didnt say the FON in my message, so hopefully when he looked at this thread he...

I think mine is 591, the vertical line on the left is straight, not curved like on your 6. The horizontal line at the top of the five does seem to be curved. If I can find my good camera, that I can...

Well, Joe was quick to respond, he believes it is a 1933.

Way cool!

Thank you all for your quick and helpful responses!

Ok, did my best to get some pictures. When I picked it up today, he said he had to replace the white bone part of the bridge, not the whole bridge (doesnt mean it wasnt replaced before I got it)....

Well, I pulled out a flashlight to see the number better. I think it is 591, not 691. The eBay listing said it was 591, but when I looked in there it looked like a 6 to me so I just figured the...

Thank you! It is so cool to think about how much play this mandolin has had, the wear on the neck and all...I hope I can do it justice and keep it going!

Hello, new here. I recently bought this old mandolin off ebay, and had some work done to make it playable. Will try to post before and after pictures. It is a Kalamazoo, and has the number 691...