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  Uncle John January 16, 2017 at 7:40pm

  Thanks, Bruce!
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  Bluesheart January 16, 2017 at 4:58pm

  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.
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  Uncle John January 16, 2017 at 11:50am

  The sound hole!    Interesting instrument and very middle eastern in sound.  Saz me.
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  ChickenboneJohn January 16, 2017 at 8:40am

  It will doubtless be European, and Italian is a good bet.  By the way..this is a Saz, also known as a Baglama.
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  Uncle John January 16, 2017 at 8:34am

  Saz - a long necked Turkish mandolin cousin.   Nope,  I do not think this is one of those.
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  Uncle John January 16, 2017 at 8:02am

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

  Andries, I've guessed Italian too.
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  A.D.EKER January 16, 2017 at 4:05am

  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.
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  High Bird Handcrafted Instuments January 16, 2017 at 3:42am

  looks like a Turkish saz
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  Uncle John January 15, 2017 at 6:28pm

  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.  
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  Jim_N January 15, 2017 at 5:26pm

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

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