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    Default Case for Venetian-style Kay

    Hi folks!
    I recently bought a Venetian style Kay-made mandolin with its original case, very trashed. I am wondering which modern case maker (if any) has something that'll fit this properly.

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    Thanks for your help!
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    Default Re: Case for Venetian-style Kay

    Not the help you asked for, but ...

    I've been trying to pry a similar but well-worn Kay, long ago abandoned by its owner, out of a music store near my in-laws in Florida for the past 12 - 15 years. Having taken measurements at one point, I figured that it would probably need a padded-out H-style mandola case. But that's just a supposition; I haven't been able to test it out.
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    Default Re: Case for Venetian-style Kay

    I have that same mandolin and it fits in the hard shell case that came with my Eastman 515v F Style.

    I just bought mine and was told it was from the 1950's. I now believe it is older mine is exactly like yours aside from a different bridge and I don't have a pickguard. Coloring, binding, dot inlays, headstock, pegs all the same.

    Any idea of the age of yours?

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    Default Re: Case for Venetian-style Kay

    I got this soft shell case a while back, it came with an old A model Gibson. I'm not sure what it might have been originally for. Here's a pic with dimensions.
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