Re: What is this bowlback vintage mandolin?
Originally Posted by
EdHanrahan
....In this case, there appear be 25 or so staves but the coloring hints that each abutted pair might be a single piece of wood with a maple (?) divider down the middle, as was sometimes done to hint at higher quality.
Or I could be wrong.
I think Ed is right.
Mick
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