Neapolitan Mandolin by Rafaele DISANTINO made in Napoli (Italy) in 1912.
Spruce table edged with wood purfling and MOP pistagne and MOP design included in black mastic.
Tortoishell scratchplate with MOP decoration.
MOP fingerboard with engraved mark 17 frets.
Body edged with clear rosewood stringing, composed of 25 rosewood fluted ribs divided with metal stringing.
Head and neck veneered of rosewood.
Nickel inclosed machine head engaved with floral design, bone buttons.
Branded on the table : Rafaele Disantino
Labelled : Fabricante d'Instrumenti da corde
RAFAELE
DISANTINO
(Anno 1912) NAPOLI
Cf. : 'Dizionario dei costruttori di strumenti a pizzico in Italia dal XV al XX secolo' de Giovanni ANTONIONI, Edition Turris, Cremone, 1996, p.46.
