Lyon & Healy Bowlback Mandolin
This little nugget found its way to the Home based on the clear label Lyon & Healy alone as an…
1924 Gibson K4 Mandocello
It is somewhat an embarassment of riches to have now owned two of these colossal instruments. A friend of mine…
19teens Wm. Stahl Mandobass
Another one down! As I was doing research for the article/website about Mandobasses, I revisited Paul Ruppa’s work and decided…
1936 Kalamazoo KH-21 Mandola
My work is done. Well, for now. Out of the blue on Faceblech, a KH Mandola surfaced — this was…
30s Kalamazoo KK31 Mandocello
A few years ago, I realized a person I met in a mandolin group online was knew someone I went…
c. 1891 Howe-Orme Cello Mandola
Some years ago, after purchasing the sadly damaged beyond repair Howe-Orme Mandolin, I came across the Howe-Orme exhibit from the…
1924 Gibson TL-4 Tenor Lute
Yep. The one. The Lloyd Loar failure. Not sure what he was thinking slapping a tenor banjo neck on what…
c. 1890s Howe-Orme Mandolin/Mandolinetto
Another e(vil)bay purchase — this time in the hope that maybe from the ashes of two Howe-Ormes, one could rise.…
c1937 Kalamazoo KM22 Mandolin
We snagged this nugget off e(vil)bay in the vain hope that it was in fact a mandola, as the measurements…
c Early 1920s Vega Style 205 Cylinder Back Mandolin
The unlikely, but welcome, arrival of the Vega Mandobass prompted an immediate scouring of the internet to find the last…