...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 for me, I’m the only person she knows with a passion for mandolin! The two that were stored with pick guards, well, it makes me sad they were stored with the guards, but I have removed as much of the guards as I could. Necks seem solid on all three. I think one may be an early Snakehead, and it is in the best condition of the three. The number on the Black A style Gibson tag looks like 79731, and the number on the neck is 8229. The sunburst A style Gibson with F-holes, has a number 1138. The blond Oriole Kalamazoo, A style with f holes has the number 1997F, and then someone added the number 20 in pen. I can’t wait to get them playable again.
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