Re: Need help identifying this mandolin that belonged to my famil
It's very similar to a Chicago made Harmony but I suspect it might have been made in Canada by a builder that did a pretty good job of copying the Harmony. Either way the value would be less than $100.00 US in this condition. Repaired it wouldn't be worth a whole lot more. Are there any numbers stamped inside? You might need to shine a flashlight in there. The value is in the fact that it belonged to your family. That same instrument was made by Harmony from around 1920 well into the 60's. I'd put that one as being somewhere between 1920 and 1930.
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