Re: Regal A-style questions
Referring to Bob Carlin's Regal Musical Instruments, 1895-1955, the inside label looks 1920's. On p.68 he has a catalog reprint page from Progressive Musical Instrument Co. in NYCity, showing three mandolins; the #2923 ($24.00) has a tailpiece similar to yours. The tailpiece could well be labeled "Bell Brand," as stated above. The pictured "lute mandolins" are labeled "Perfacktone," which was a Progressive Music nameplate, and some are ID'ed as Regal-built. The catalog is "circa 1928," according to Carlin.
It's not the #2923 model, which is described as "genuine rosewood...heavily inlaid top," but it seems to be a type of tailpiece that could show up on Regal-built instruments.
Allen Hopkins
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