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Thanks for the reply Mike. I have no intention of doing a full restoration, just be fun to get it to play again. This was a well used/played instrument that seen better days.

I do happen to know...

Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well Mick, they were in Jersey City. Maybe early 1900's? I have all my GF's music books from that era, most of the music he and my grand mother composed themselves.

Just to put a little human factor in another help id me thread here is a picture of my grandfather in one of his Mummers String Band photos around 1930's early 40's. My brother may have gotten that...

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This was my grandfather's mandolin that looks like it was played quite a bit. I never got to meet him because he died the year before I was born in 1958. He was director in a couple Mummers String...