Re: Bowlbacks of Note
Here is an interesting, if modest, Wurlitzer bowlback. Of the Cincinnati Wurlitzers, examples of which we have seen here.
This one is notable for its curious assortment of details, including the headstock profile, taterbug bowl, inset tuners, and exuberant scratchplate profile, familiar but unique.
The Italian style tailpiece is not common on US bowls and suggests to me at least an earlier date.
The rounded over end of the fingerboard is a detail I don't recall seeing before...on either US or Italian bowls.
I'm not sure if Wurlitzer made any mandolins in Cincinnati or jobbed them all out. (eg. I have a Wurlitzer-labeled / Vega-made "Leland" flatback.)
This one doesn't give away much about its origins to my experience.
I wonder what others think?
Maybe Diego G. has a catalog page?
Mick
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