My friend's father plays Irish folk music, has many instruments, and is a also hobbyist luthier (joiner by trade). He currently owns this flat-backed mandolin with an unusual double soundboard (which you can see through the sound hole). It has no maker's markings or indications on where it's from or who made it.
Having trawled through lots of online forums and images, I haven't seen anything quite like it, especially anything with a second soundboard like this one.
The owner often acquires such instruments to tidy up and sell at swap-meet-type events, primarily to kids to get them interested in playing. With this particular instrument, he wants to be sure its not of any significant value or rarity before he parts with it.
Can anyone provide any information about it?
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