NMM 6086.  Mando-cello by Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, 1924. Style K-4, Artist's Model.   Serial number 76996. Ex colls.:  Neal Penner, Enid, Oklahoma; Pete Wagener, Savage, Minnesota. Board of Trustees, 1997. The Style K-4 was introduced in 1912 to match the styling of Gibson's scroll bodied Style F-4 mandolin and Style H-4 mandola. In the 1917 Gibson catalog, this "Baritone Voice of the Mandolin Choir" sold for $221.63, more than double the price of the K-2 at $88.65. NMM 6086 once belonged to Neal Penner (born ca. 1905), a former Gibson representative in Enid, Oklahoma, who sold it in 1980 to Pete Wagener, along with NMM 6070, a 1914 Style F-5 mandolin, and NMM 6085, a 1914 Style K-2 mando-cello. Front, Back, and Side Views Front and Back of Body Views of Fretboard and Peghead Neck Heel Tailpiece and Soundhole Click on soundhole image above to see image of label Virzi Tone Producer Label inside Mando-Cello Pickguard and Pickguard Support Note July 4, 1911 Patent Date Bridge and Lower End of Mando-Cello Return to Gibson Mandolin Checklist National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 ©National Music Museum, 2005 Most recent update: October 23, 2007 You are the 2,748th visitor to this page since December 19, 2005 The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page