Mandolin Family Instruments

Here are links referring to some unusual and noteworthy vintage American instruments of the mandolin family.  Click on an image or title to go to the pages indicated.

Martin Employee Style D Mandolin   

Vega Cylinder-Back Lute Mandola

Martin Style 5 Bowl-Back Mandolin

Gibson F-4

Doug Unger Lyon & Healy Restoration

Elias Howe Company

Perhaps a bit more prosaic but interesting to some, here is a link to a couple of vintage mandolin banjos:

Fairbanks-Vega Mandolin Banjos

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