I’ve seen a number of posts/questions about the name Orpheum and they all just seem to fall off with only a bit of info. I’ve found some information but mostly pertaining to Orpheum banjos and guitars, very few things on the mandolins. Anyway, I realize it’s most likely not the most intriguing mandolin story but I scored one of these mystery mando’s this past week. My best guess is it is from the 70’s and as the country of origin sticker says it’s MIJ. The only other possible identifier other than Orpheum may be the tailpiece cover which seems to be an S or maybe just some genric symbol. Regardless of origin etc, this plays and sounds like a dream (IMHO) of course. And to have picked it up for a bargain I almost want to say the seller almost came into my life like some kind of Mandolin Angel... I will attach a few pics, if anyone can detail more on these Orpheum mandolins, I’d love to hear! Much appreciated..!
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