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Comment by Uncle John on January 16, 2017 at 1:40pm

Thanks, Bruce!

Comment by Bluesheart on January 16, 2017 at 10:58am

Cool, the body looks a lot like the one I turned into a bouzouki, but I have no info about it either , but was told prob around 100 years old by the music store that gifted it to me.

Comment by Uncle John on January 16, 2017 at 5:50am

The sound hole!    Interesting instrument and very middle eastern in sound.  Saz me.

Comment by ChickenboneJohn on January 16, 2017 at 2:40am

It will doubtless be European, and Italian is a good bet.  By the way..this is a Saz, also known as a Baglama.

Comment by Uncle John on January 16, 2017 at 2:34am

Saz - a long necked Turkish mandolin cousin.   Nope,  I do not think this is one of those.

Comment by Uncle John on January 16, 2017 at 2:02am

I've never hers of a Saz.  Will try to check them out.  Thanks DBJ.

Andries, I've guessed Italian too.

Comment by A.D.EKER on January 15, 2017 at 10:05pm

Dont think its a Saz , the neck is to short, saz got a long thin neck and not that many strings, no it a typical build that ribben pattern on the body looks luit but it can be a restored one made to mandoline , ill say look up Italian Builders, you may find someting there! Greeeettss A.D.

Comment by High Bird Handcrafted Instuments on January 15, 2017 at 9:42pm

looks like a Turkish saz

Comment by Uncle John on January 15, 2017 at 12:28pm

AGP, not especially educated guess was Italian.   Jim, Ted has the mando at home, but those photos sure could be the same deal.  Not good, because 2 of the tuners are excessively tight.   The current tuning is a step down from standard.  

Comment by Jim_N on January 15, 2017 at 11:26am

A similarly recessed machine head arrangement on a “Princess Banjo-Mandolin”:

http://crawlsbackward.blogspot.com/2015/05/headstock-crack-repair-o...

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