Viennese College of Music Mandolin with Art Nouveau pickguard

Viennese College of Music mandolin. Great playable condition with low action. Featuring and Art Nouveau-style pickguard in cream.

The machine heads have been replaced by some good quality vintage ones.

A “Viennese College of Music” mandolin is a vintage, early-20th-century instrument manufactured in Germany and imported for the UK market using a fictitious, prestigious-sounding trade name.

Label

This example has the label missing but would say: By His Majesty’s Royal Letters Patent No. 2244 Viennese College of Music

Built in the Markneukirchen region of Germany, a major hub for musical instrument manufacturing, by workshops such as mail-order dealer Ewald Glaesel.