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barney 59
Jul-20-2010, 7:16pm
I played an Altman mandolin today that had new(recently made) Handel tuners and I was wondering if any one knows who is making them?
Life Is Good
Jul-20-2010, 7:47pm
Mike Blohm
frankenstein
Jul-20-2010, 7:51pm
Yep !
F-2 Dave
Jul-20-2010, 8:20pm
Those are awesome.
Gail Hester
Jul-20-2010, 10:27pm
Mike's Handel reproduction buttons are fantastic. I put them on Waverly tuners on this F4.
barney 59
Jul-21-2010, 2:57am
You can just buy a set of buttons? Do they cost as much as they look like they should? That is a really nice headstock inlay by the way!
Philphool
Jul-21-2010, 5:14am
Seems like someone mentioned about $250 for a set??? Am I off?
MikeEdgerton
Jul-21-2010, 7:04am
I'm not sure Mike is still making them, I see to recall a post a while back that he had stopped. If I'm wrong somebody correct me. They are really a great item.
Here's (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?23409-Mike-Blohm's-Handel-Tuner-Replicas&highlight=handel+blohm) an old thread with some closeup pictures.
The contact information for Mike is here (http://www.mandolincafe.com/cgi-bin/builders/searchdb.cgi?uid=default&view_records=1&keyword=blohm) in the Builders database.
Spruce
Jul-21-2010, 11:01am
Yep...
MiG-19
Jul-21-2010, 4:15pm
Spruce,
I don't want to hijack the thread, but I just gave a listen to Mangler of Bluegrass, WOW! Thanks for sharing.
SternART
Jul-21-2010, 7:14pm
Boy......... those peghead shots with inlay that is a good match for the repro buttons.....all look fabulous!
frankenstein
Jul-22-2010, 1:43am
another.
grassrootphilosopher
Jul-22-2010, 4:03am
I like the pics, nice headstocks that are complemented with the Blohmers - and vice versa.
Mike Blohm
Jul-24-2010, 5:30pm
I have a bunch of buttons made up for Waverly F tuners I could sell now for $250 a set. I don't have any made up for other styles. I will be working on making more buttons this winter. Thanks.
blohmmandolins@cablemt.net.
Life Is Good
Jul-24-2010, 6:40pm
That headstock looks uncanny Gail! Little bit of everything in that inlay. Not only does it look wonderful but it has a real "feel" to it. Great artwork!
Gail Hester
Jul-25-2010, 9:51pm
Thank you Life Is Good. It really is beautiful in person but hard to photogragh. My sister is the artist, I just cut the pearl. She has done a number of unique inlay designs for me that are wonderful. It gets challenging trying not to mess them up in the translation to shell.