Chris Challen's Albums

Chris Challen's Albums

  1. Photos of this instrument can be found at the National Instrument Museum of America by pasting the following address into your web browser: http://www.usd.edu/smm/PluckedStrings/Mandolins/StradMandolin/StradMandolin.html

    Five course Mandolino & Case - Antonio Stradivari in Cremona 1680

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    33
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    Jun-18-2009, 3:09pm
  2. If I remember correctly the workshop made two copies of this long pattern Stradivari mandolino for a recording: Antonio Vivaldi concerto for two mandolini in G major RV 532. Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert, James Tyler & Robin Jeffrey, mandolini. 1986 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg. Catalogue Number: 4578972.

    Antonio Stradivari mandolino. Pattern number 420

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    7
    Last Picture
    Jan-09-2009, 4:06pm
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    Various spatualate guitar-style pegbox/neck joints suitable for mandolino.

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    Jan-09-2009, 4:05pm
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    After Antonio Stradivari. Six course mandolino. Pattern number 421

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    8
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    Jan-09-2009, 4:04pm
  5. Please see classifieds for more information.

    18th century North Italian mandola

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    23
    Last Picture
    Jan-07-2009, 2:51am
  6. Whether this was a ‘concert of note’ I cannot be certain, but my Grandmother - listed in the prgram as Miss M Purchase - played the mandoline solo “Melodies” in this recital for the Total Abstinence Society, which took place in Edwardian London of 1905. Also listed is a mandoline duet “Rialto March” by The Misses Franklin. My Grandmother was mentioned regulary in the London newspapers for her mandolin playing. As a child I inherited her mandolin but can’t remember what became of it - perhaps it fell foul of my toy woodworking set, everything else did!

    A concert of Note?

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    1
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    Jan-07-2009, 2:43am
  7. This instrument came to me for overnight repairs and so I took the opportunity to photograph it. There were one or two interesting discoveries in store - the screws and nails holding the bridge in position were nothing to do with me!

    18th century mandolino.

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    15
    Last Picture
    Jan-06-2009, 8:58am
  8. An aesthetically unsuccessful experiment using the spatulate style pegbox illustrated on Stradivari's mandolino pattern, number 419. Please excuse the pre-digital age photos!

    After Antonio Stradivari. Pattern number 419

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    Jan-04-2009, 7:35am