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...
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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....
Just a note: the Tandy kits had no markings; they were just leather parts, cut to shape and hole-punched, and enough lace to complete, plus...
Looks to me like very likely a kit, such as easily available in the 60s-70s from the Tandy leather Company. Red lacing very possibly dyed leather,...
I can't really tell what is going on there - it is quite possible that in order to make a resonator fit, when it really didn't quite fit, someone...
I'm thinking maybe geese; but no idea as to origin.
Very attractive. I do like miniatures.
Sure. One can learn a lot from books like this, as well as by attending the exhibitions on which they are usually based. Like Komo, I have a copy...
The bend is likely just that the white binding in that area is bent out; an easy fix, unless it has already been glued in that position. One odd...
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