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Specifications: 8-string Mandolin. Round back. Spruce top with inlay. Birch & walnut 11-part back. 5-ply mosaic bound top. Mosaic rosette. Unbound headstock. Unbound fingerboard with varied mother-of-pearl inlay. Bone nut. Engraved aluminium tailpiece. Natural finish. Introduced: ca 1900 Earliest known example: 1131 (1903) ca 1907: Maple & walnut back. Renamed Model 55. 40807 (1918) ca 1921: 13-part back. Mosaic and celluloid bound top. Latest known example: 48814 (1921)