Has anyone seen stock Handel tuner buttons that look like these? I am trying to discover what they looked like originally. Additionally, I want to fabricate some reproductions.
These tuner buttons seem to be modeled somewhat after Handel white celluloid buttons with MOP flower inlays. There is a sort of rose shape in the center. When I obtained these buttons, there seemed to be a trace of gold or yellow color in the star-shaped recesses. What was in the circle-shaped recesses, I have no idea. Green leaves? MOP?
I figure the place to ask is on the mandolin cafe, as I think more people have seen stock plate Handel tuner buttons on mandolins than on guitars. Mine so happen to belong to a single neck, 9-string harp guitar by Bohmann, thus the oval shape rather than a circular shape. It seems some of Bohmann's family members married into the family of the owners of Stromberg(?)/Voisonet, and they used the same semi-inletted headstock tuner design.
Has anyone seen tuner buttons like this before?
Button 1 and 2 show the basic design, while button 3 and 4 highlight the high relief of the remaining green stems that survived over time.
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