Harmonica and Mandolin!?

[godigoy]

Hello all,

I've recentley aquired my great grandfathers mandolin and harmonica, I am not looking to sell them but i would really enjoy any info i can find on them. The harmonica is made in germany, double sided with C tuning and G tuning, and it has "Rölz" "Astoria" the z is a fancy character that I can not find. The mandolin is a "Cremona" Made in Czechoslovakia. These are in between 50 and 80 years old.

Thank You
Dylan

[godigoy]

Any one?

[Auberge le Mouton Noir]

You're asking in the wrong place.

As in, the wrong site.

You'd be better off asking in a specialist antique musical instruments forum. I doubt you'll find any help here.

[superjoe]

german made harmonica? most likely its a hohner.

btw, im extremly jealous.

[A Spoonful Supreme]

I have my german harmonica sitting around somewhere, but it's for like polka music, can't get no blues.

[John Paul Harrison]

Unfortunately, all of the "Rolz" things on e-bay are selling for under 20 dollars, so I'd guess your harmonica is just another harmonica. Is it diatomic or chromatic? I don't understand what you mean by "double-sided".

As for the mandolin, I cannot help you. First determine if its an F style (http://www.pulseonline.com/oscar/bigOM40.jpg), or an A style (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002H0KGA.01-A26YF6IE4OQDOU._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg). That'd help you.

Yo. Learn to play those mo'fo's. They're simple enough to figure out.

[Up The Irons]

I have an extremely old Mandolin as well (it was from a garage sale, not my grampa ;)) Actually, when I brought it to the store, the guy thought I was bringing it it so it could be fixed up as a decoration, not for me to play it :p

Anyway, your best bet is to bring it to some kind of expert folk instrument store or something. I go to this place here in San Francisco called Peacock music for that kind of stuff.