Summary
manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1904 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style A
Serial 2825
Factory order number unknown
Description
Another instrument that was in the Chinery collection. Black face, inlaid pickguard, hollow neck construction.
From Howard Specter
Categories
Categories this instrument is a member of
- Constructed without a neck block
- Volute on back of peghead
- Black finish
- Early "artist model" inlay
- Inlaid pickguard
- Pineapple-shaped tailpiece cover with hole
- Handel inlaid tuners
Source
From eBay
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