Papa Smurf

[Buckybob]

Just picked up what I believe is a Regal Reverse Scroll mandolin.
No name or label, only the Bell Brand on tailpiece.
As it was not playable, I took it to the wonderful Mr Bernie Lehmann in Rochester N Y
for a neck reset. Because of irregular body shape at the neck joint, he informed me it was not feasible to do a reset. Instead he removed the fingerboard, planned the neck face, and added a maple tapered shim to the neck face, then re-glued the fingerboard.
No clue of it age but I know Frank Kordick, then president of Regal, designed the reverse scroll in 1914. This is not the fanciest model, but spruce top. Thanks to Bernie, Smurf plays great, is loud, and I'm happy to have the 10th Regal to my family collection!

[allenhopkins]

+1 on Bernie Lehmann.

[Ranald]

It's definitely smurfy!




And here's Papa on keyboards.



Sorry, I had a daughter who was quite a Smurfs fan in her pre-school days.