Summary
1921 manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1922 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandola, Style H2
Serial 68832
Factory order number unknown
Description
Some finish checking noted on the back.
Early style adjustible saddle with locking nuts on top as well as adjusting nuts below, this is the only example on a mandola known to the mandolin archive as of August 2006
Categories
Categories this instrument is a member of
- Adjustible Loar-style bridge
- Green-lined hardshell case
- Red Sunburst
- Truss rod
- Nickel silver truss rod cover
Source
From eBay
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