c.1920 Lyon & Healy Mandobass
This instrument is not supposed to exist. In all my research about Mandobasses the only mention of a mandobass crafted…
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c.1900 Howe-Orme Style-4 Mandolinetto Project
The littleuns are just some of the most beautiful instruments I have ever seen. From the ornate pickguard throwback to the…
1925 Gibson F4 Mandolin with Virzi Tone Producer
Ever since the first strum of a 1924 F4 with a Virzi I have been after that sound. It took…
1919 Gibson Style O Artist Guitar – SOLD
This is the second of these beauties to come through the Home’s doors. This one comes from the collection of…
1918 Lyon & Healy Style C Mandolin – SOLD
This poor girl came to the home severely distressed. Someone had the temerity to drop it on its end, or…
Kala Rumbler UBass
I’m thankfully late to the Uke craze, but after hearing one of these played in a mandolin orchestra, and having…
1913 Gibson H2 Mandola – SOLD
Relatively new to the home is this striking 1913 Gibson H2 Mandola. Some combination of fate and finish resulted in…
Joachim Tielke-Laute
This odd duck was bought on a lark, with the maybe hope that it could be restored to something. It…
Vega Parlor Guitar – SOLD
This little nugget came along with the Howe-Orme mandolinetto back in 2019 but was it pretty rough shape. But thanks…
1911 Gibson F-4 Mandolin -SOLD
The Home has been after an F-4 ever since selling the 1924ish one to finance the Kalamazoo Mandobass. Meet ‘Galadriel’, a…