• Genuine vintage Cremona flat mandolin, model no. 0584, manufactured in Luby, Czechoslovakia • Cremona was the major Czechoslovak stringed-instrument cooperative founded post-WWII, absorbing skilled luthiers from the Schönbach/Luby region — now operating as Strunal • Solid spruce top with natural satin finish, oval soundhole, bound edges • Mahogany-style neck with rosewood-effect fretboard, period-correct tortoiseshell-effect pickguard • Scalloped tailpiece, floating wooden bridge • 8-string configuration, all original hardware • Plays and sounds really good • A great example of mid-century Eastern European instrument making — solid, characterful tone with genuine vintage charm
