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MARTIN
A 1900 C.F. MARTIN STYLE 5 MANDOLIN SERIAL NO. 737.
Rosewood bowl back composed of multiple ribs, spruce top with abalone purfling, oval soundhole with abalone border, mahogany neck, tuner mechanisms under engraved metal plate, headstock with lyre and floral inlays, eighteen fret bound ebony fingerboard with 'tree of life' inlay, ivory bridge, metal tailpiece bracket and tortoiseshell pickguard with foliate design. With leather contour case. This instrument has been exhibited at the C.F. Martin museum in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and it is accompanied by its display card.
A 1900 C.F. MARTIN STYLE 5 MANDOLIN SERIAL NO. 737.
Rosewood bowl back composed of multiple ribs, spruce top with abalone purfling, oval soundhole with abalone border, mahogany neck, tuner mechanisms under engraved metal plate, headstock with lyre and floral inlays, eighteen fret bound ebony fingerboard with 'tree of life' inlay, ivory bridge, metal tailpiece bracket and tortoiseshell pickguard with foliate design. With leather contour case. This instrument has been exhibited at the C.F. Martin museum in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and it is accompanied by its display card.