Summary
manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1905 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F3
Serial 4841
Factory order number unknown
Description
F3? Rope bound top. Some playing wear on top, including an added-on "Extension" to the inlaid pickguard. Peghead scroll missing. Single-piece (mahogany?) back. Teens tailpiece cover
Categories
Categories this instrument is a member of
- Single piece back
- Rope Binding
- Black finish
- Orville Gibson Label
- Inlaid pickguard
- Handel inlaid tuners
- Unusual instrument
Source
From eBay
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