The following specs were provided by our repair and appraisal teams. 
For a more detailed description please call (517) 372-7880

• 1870s? 
• No SN
• FC *(see below) 
• Vienna style contra guitar 
• 12 strings 
• Small jumbo body (15-3/4" lower bout) 
• Spruce top with round soundhole
•  Ladder braced top 
• Sycamore back and sides 
• 6-string guitar neck and 6 string sub bass neck 
• Ebonized maple bridge (has been cut down on guitar side, missing bridge pins) 
• Both necks have solid headstocks 
• Necks are joined at headstock and at body with one large "ice cream cone" heel 
• There is a heel crack on the treble side of the guitar neck 
• The headstocks are bridle jointed ("birds beak" joint) where they meet the necks 
• Violin peg tuners were used on both necks (most are missing) 
• This guitar features a wooden center bar (similar to a dowel stick in a banjo) 
• Wood body bindings and purflings 
• 1-23/32" nut on guitar neck, ~25-7/8" scale 
• 1-21/32" on sub neck, ~26-1/2" scale 
• Guitar is stamped inside "Dominik Lilschaner / Uhrmacher / Allentsteig, N.-Ost." 
• We believe this was built in Lower Austria based on this stamp (which is where Allentsteig is) 
• NO CASE 
• *FC but needs restoration (double neck reset, new bridge, re-fret, repair cracks, binding, etc. - sold AS-IS)