I once had an instrument like this. It was given to me by a couple who I stayed with a lot when I was a child. Mine, also, was manufactured by a company in New Troy, MI.

Unfortunately, while staying in a basement apartment my landlord's son (and/or friends) broke into my apartment and stole it along with the 6 string banjo (yes, I did say 6 strings) that my grandfather gave me.

This was in North Georgia and I'm now in Washington but, I still frequently think of those instruments that went missing.