the other reference to a similar instrument is in leadfinger's thread called a-grand-diss-ment, but it is a banjola, meaning it may have a longer neck, as in mandola, and lperhaps it is tunes an octave below?
as in octave mandolin....banjolin...strange breed--like mixing a lion and tiger into a Liger or Tion?
and the clicky below, to folk of the wood i believe is the link mentioned in the previous thread. www.folkofthewood.com