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| Specifications: |
| 8-string Mandolin. |
| Flat back. |
| Body width: 260 mm. |
| Spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
| Flame birch back & sides. |
| Single-bound top. |
| Single-bound back. |
| Unbound headstock. |
| Unbound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlay. |
| Nickel plated tuners. |
| Sunburst finish. |
| One year warranty. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1951 |
| as a replacement for Model 45 Safir. |
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| Earliest known example: 263333 (1951) |
| 2732xx (1952) |
| 3152xx (1954) |
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| Circa 1955: |
| Renamed Model 52. |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Changed tuner design with white straight-sided plastic buttons. |
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| 405361 (1960) |
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| Circa 1960: |
| Tuners with white oval plastic buttons. |
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| Latest known example: 425850 (1962) |
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