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Does anyone knows where can I find the internet site of the company which builds Suzuki Mandolins?
Or do you know any music shop which sells them online?
Thanks in advance for your answers!
Mike
Italy
Hampe & Berkel sells new Suzuki instruments. Look at the "Links" section off the home page here.
From what I saw, the instruments are expensive for what they are. They are frequently found used on ebay.
My first real musical instrument was a Suzuki classical guitar for $60 back in 1970. Haven't seen a Suzuki without wheels for years.
Eugene
Oct-01-2004, 5:10am
For the sake of convenience: Hampe & Berkel Muziek (http://www.berkelmuziek.nl/).
I owned a 1968 Suzuki way back in the last years of the 20th c. #Those of that vintage were very neatly built and tastefully decorated mass-produced instruments. #They featured the frustrating combination of a massively over-built soundbox that had an intolerably thin tone under light strings and a pathetically soft neck material that was certain to severely warp under anything but the very lightest strings. #I used to watch such stuff when it came up for sale. #Those old ones in maple would typically sell for around $150 or so.
Eugene
Oct-01-2004, 5:11am
PS: They used to be built by the Suzuki Violin Co. in Nagoya.
trebleclef528
Oct-01-2004, 8:27am
I have been trying, fairly unsuccessfully, for some time to research Suzuki and Ibanez Bowlbacks. I am aware of the various name changes (Suzuki, Kiso Suzuki, Suzuki Kiso-Fukushima” and Suzuki Violin Co Nayoga etc). Also trying to establish, in view of the almost identical Ibanez models, if indeed they were made by the same buiders. I've contacted the Suzuki Violin Co (UK education section)and even they can't help.
Here is a reply I recently received from Hampe & Berkel Muziek.I have as they suggested emailed GEWA in Germany and will pass on any info I receive.
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From: Berkel Muziek
Subject: RE: Suzuki Mandolins /mandolas
Hi Ian,
I’m sorry but I can’t be of any assistance to you. As far as I know they stopped manufacturing these mandolins approximately 12 years ago. Try to get in touch with GEWA in Germany. They were importers for Suzuki mandolins/mandola’s
Succes,
Tom
END OF QUOTE
Regards,
Ian