Re: Mandolin identification
Furtado[s] didn't make it. They're a large music store in Mumbai, India, and doubtless sell a variety of imported instruments (website). The fact that it's labeled in English, and shows "Bombay" -- which is what we used to call Mumbai in the English language -- indicates that it's a mandolin Furtados imported from Germany to sell in India.
Pictures of the whole instrument would provide an opportunity to get an idea of what German firm may have made it.
Allen Hopkins
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