Vintage August Pollman Mandoline Guitar 1890s

Description

August Pollman's Mandolin Shaped Guitar

Unique and lovely instrument with an elegantly shaped headstock featuring the Pollman medalion in excellent condition. Shaped like a mandolin. This instrument is in good condition. There is a crack on the back and a crack on the front, both of which have been repaired long ago. There is a spot of more serious damage on the back along the edge where the instrument had been crushed apparently, and expertly restored. All of the wood is still intact and the repair is very old and secure. Except for the cosmetics, it does not pose a problem.

24 inch scale length

23 frets!!

NOTE: SINCE THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN, THE GUITAR HAS BEEN RESTRUNG WITH EXTRA LIGHT BRONZE STRINGS. 10- 46 GAUGE. THE ACTION IS LOW, BUT NOT TOO LOW. OVERALL, THE GUITAR PLAYS GREAT AND IS A LOT OF FUN. NO BUZZES OR HIGH FRETS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT GETS IN THE WAY OF ENJOYING THE PLAYING EXPERIENCE. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED

August Pollmann was a musical equipment distributor in New York in the late-1800's that manufactured banjos, guitars, mandolins, and violins. Distributors then, as now, contracted with builders to produce instruments to meet market trends. This instrument was likely built by Pehr Anderberg, a Swedish guitar builder who had immigrated to the U.S. in the Civil War era. His shop was in Boston, and he also built instruments for the Haynes company.

This antique player ships well packed in an ill-fitting chipboard banjo case