Mandolin Identifying

[Bigwater]

Looking for information on this mandolin. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

[Bigwater]

[LadysSolo]

Resonator mandolin - no idea as to the maker.

[MikeEdgerton]

Indeed a resonator mandolin, probably built by Regal in Chicago. It appears to have a real cone underneath. They also made faux resonator mandolins that just had the metal cover plate.

[MikeEdgerton]

I merged the two threads.

[NickR]

It looks like a Harmony. This appears to be very similar- if not the same:

https://www.facebook.com/HarmonyGuit...8615869249542/

Here is a much better series of photos. The headstock logo dates this example to the very late 1930s while the logo on the Facebook example is mid-30s. The seller states it is "faux" although the instrument in question appears to have a cone- although it may be faux. It is possible that Harmony made them in two versions!

https://reverb.com/item/6261199-harm...olin-resonator

[Bigwater]

Thanks to all for the help!
Sam

[Bigwater]

There are 2 small holes in the middle of the headstock vertically aligned. Anyone have a clue what these are for?

[Ray(T)]

I assume they are screw holes and don’t go all the way through. If so, it probbaly had some sort of decorative plate (nameplate?) screwed onto the head.

Is that a plain metal sheet beneath the pierced cover-plate or does it have some sort of contoured profile? As others have said, some of these “resonators” were fakes and I wouldn’t like you to thing you had something you hadn’t.

[Bigwater]

It has a curved profile, not flat

[NickR]

As the instrument does not have the Harmony name on it, it was sold by a third party. Possibly, the name of that company was on a metal badge/plate that was screwed on to the headstock.