Mandolin in lombard model with six courses of string by L. GAILLARD made in Marseille (France) in 1892.
Pine cranked table.
Bowl back composed of 17 alternated rosewood and maple ribs.
Bridge, scracthplate, neck, head, borders in different varieties of rosewood.
Ebony fingerboard with 16 brass frets and MOP dots. Brass machine head with bone buttons.
Handwritten label : Marseille 5 février 1892
Fabrique de mandolines
Avenue du
Prado 32
and signed on the braces : L. GAILLARD
String length : 325 mm.
Set up in gut and tuned in G3/B3/E4/A4/D5/G5 the mandolin is playable.
