17 February 2009

Sicilian Mandolin for sale by Graf Oto von Rubin

The beautiful instrument has 2 labels

Inside:

G.Puglisi Reale & Figli, Catania 1911

and

Outside in Russiam letters:

Musical preparation
Carl Schumann
Tbilisi

On the second image is seen a little damage, that has no remarkable effect on the beautiful sound and can be repaired by a specialist easily.

For sale by Graf Oto 

650,00 EUR


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Please note that this is not a Sicilian mandolin as in "Sicilian" type of mandolin - this one hasn't got enough strings.

The damage to the soundboard seems severe enough to avoid use before a good repare. I've seen smaller wear cause a full and unreparable breakage.

Hans said...

Thanks a lot for Comment !