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| Specifications: |
| 8-string Tenor/Oktav Mandola. |
| Tuned A-D-G-C (Tenor) or one octave lower than a mandolin (Oktav). |
| Flat back. |
| Body width: 300 mm. |
| Scale length: 435 mm. |
| Spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
| Birch back & sides. |
| Single-bound top. |
| Unbound back. |
| Black pickguard. |
| Unbound headstock. |
| Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
| Unbound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay. |
| Nickel plated tuners. |
| Sunburst finish. |
| One year warranty. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1951 |
| as a replacement for Model 70 Alto and Model 80 Oktavo. |
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| Earliest known example: 287509 (1952) |
| 2878xx (1952) |
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| Circa 1955: |
| Renamed Model 75/Model 85. |
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| 325483 (1955) |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Changed tuner design with white straight-sided plastic buttons. |
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| Circa 1960: |
| Tuners with white oval plastic buttons. |
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| 415321 (1961) |
| 419994 (1961) |
| 425961 (1962) |
| Latest known example: 443035 (1964) |
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