The beautiful instrument has 2 labels
Inside:
G.Puglisi Reale & Figli, Catania 1911
and
Outside in Russiam letters:
Musical preparation
Carl Schumann
Tbilisi
On the second image is seen a little damage, that has no remarkable effect on the beautiful sound and can be repaired by a specialist easily.
For sale by Graf Oto
650,00 EUR
Please note that this is not a Sicilian mandolin as in "Sicilian" type of mandolin - this one hasn't got enough strings.
AntwortenLöschenThe damage to the soundboard seems severe enough to avoid use before a good repare. I've seen smaller wear cause a full and unreparable breakage.
Thanks a lot for Comment !
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