Ellensburg blue would look less crystalline than yours, I think. [ATTACH]
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Right - like a dental mirror, or a similar thing used by music stores and luthiers, like a smallish rectangular mirror on a handle.
You probably need a mirror to see where the serial number would be - the end block is the piece on the inside to which the neck is attached; and...
I've seen this style latch, and was thinking Lebanon, but google search definitely says India... primarily for sale as souvenirs, since the ones...
Typical Martin mandolin, note the bend in the top. [ATTACH]
Does look like it may be a Style A Martin to me. Martin was not primarily a maker of mandolins, have made very few main models in their entire...
I've seen the term "pop-pop boat" or "putt-putt boat." I've got one, I think unmarked, which I think is 50s-60s Japan. Pop pop boat - Wikipedia
That would certainly be one way to characterize it.
Also to be more specific, note that this is a commercially made cast item, not carved wood or stone. But if you like it, that is certainly up to...
Just plucked. Interesting to watch them played, not at all the same as playing a Western zither or autoharp.
Thanks all...I know this is the wrong thread, sorry....but maybe he counts as a Find?
My Dad has passed away, at the age of 101, and they were mostly good years, though in the last few years he started to slip mentally and...
I'm sort of inclined toward the Cub/Boy Scout idea...they had those merit badges....
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