New Book - Embergher Mandolins

[trebleclef528]

Hi,
Thought you might be interested in this mail I received today from one of my contacts:
regards,
Ian

Dear mandolin friend,
We are pleased to inform you about our new book ‘The Embergher Mandolin’.

We think it will become the standard reference work on Embergher instruments, and contains over 125 pages covering the following:

- # # # #The history of the Embergher workshop and its people

- # # # #Reproduction of an original Embergher catalogue, with translation, comments and illustrated new colour photographs

- # # # #Full colour photographs showing front, back and side views of all types and models of the Embergher mandolin family

- # # # #The sound of the mandolin

- # # # #Embergher strings

- # # # #Plectrums and accessories

- # # # #Historical photographs of makers and players


If you are interested in this book, please let us know. The book will be available in November 2004; the estimated price is €25 (+postage and package), details of which we will confirm to you nearer the date of publication.

Thank you in advance for your interest,

we look forward to hearing from you.

Ralf Leenen & Barry Pratt

embergher@mandolin.be

[Bob A]

This is exciting. Does anyone know of source material for, Calace, Vinaccia or other Italian makers? Even old advertising material would be somewhat informative.

[Eugene]

I am pining for more detail: author(s), publisher, etc.

[Eugene]

PS: Ralf Leenen is the leader of Belgium's La Napolitaine (http://www.mandolin.be/). Is this book his baby? I am going to drop him a line out of curiosity unless somebody already has and knows something more.

[Eugene]

An excerpt from Ralf's reply to me:

It is written in English and will be available in November. We haven't got a distributor in US yet, but I will give you more information about this and the price as soon as this is available.

The authors are Barry Pratt and myself. We are both mandolinists, and we've been collecting documentation and Embergher instruments for many years. In my orchestra, La Napolitaine, (we are in fact direct descendants of the school of Silvio Ranieri, a close friend of Luigi Embergher) we've never played anything else than Embergher instruments, since 1904 till today.

Since not much is known about Embergher instruments (except that they're the finest classical mandolins and very sought after in the mandolin world), we thought it useful to write a book about it.

Sounds exciting to me.

[Jim Garber]

In my orchestra, La Napolitaine, (we are in fact direct descendants of the school of Silvio Ranieri, a close friend of Luigi Embergher) we've never played anything else than Embergher instruments, since 1904 till today.
I assume it is the orchestra that is 100 years old, not the players, right?

Sounds like an interesting book.

Jim

[Eugene]

I assume it is the orchestra that is 100 years old, not the players, right?
Errr...I am guessing this assumption is correct. I doubt any of these cats are still at it:
http://www.mandolin.be/images/1926_kl.jpg