Mandolin, Eight String - Ed Stilley

 
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Mandolin, Eight String - Ed Stilley
Mandolin, Eight String - Ed Stilley
Mandolin, Eight String - Ed Stilley
Mandolin, Eight String - Ed Stilley

Mandolin, Eight String - Ed Stilley

Object numberOSHTL2016.028.01
OriginHogscald Hallow, Arkansas
MediumWood, Metal, Bone
Dimensions25 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (64.8 × 21.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from Stephen Stilley
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    DescriptionA red mandolin with a sound hole with three circles. There are two holes at the top of body on both sides of the bout. "True Faith, True Light. Have Faith in God." is inscribed in the body of the guitar and is white in color. There are springs and a chainsaw sprocket located inside the guitar.

    This mandolin was given to Ed's granddaughter, Stephanie Stilley. He made this mandolin during his Later Period also known as the "Red Period."

    Ed Stilley was born in 1930 in Hogscald Hollow, Arkansas and grew up in a religious household. He married Eliza Miller in 1959, and they had five children. Ed worked as a farmer at his Ozark homestead to support his family and continued his preaching. In 1979, Ed began making musical instruments to give to children. With no formal training Ed made his instruments with simple hand tools, wood scraps, and items such as pot lids, springs, and saw blades. Over the course of twenty-five years Ed has made two-hundred one-of-a-kind instruments including guitars, fiddles, dulcimers, and banjos.
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