Five string banjo style neck, paired with a teardrop shaped "mandolin" body with a 10" bout. All mahogany back and sides, with plain spruce top. reproduction bridge, and non original tailpiece...original May 1888 patent friction tuners. Mother-of-pearl medallion replaces the standard Pollman stamped ivoroid one found on the peghead. A few past repairs are present including a heel crack...back was also reglued at one point. "August Pollman was an instrument distributor in the 1890's and his catalog included both regular five-string banjos and mandoline-banjos such as this one. These instruments were believed to have been made for Pollman by Pehr Anderberg, a Swedish-born guitar maker." From BillsBanjos.com