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Heyo Sarah, welcome to the cafe'.
Nice to meet another german mandolin (bluegrass) player. :)
You're wright with your guess - here are a bunch of classical players, often playing only in mandolin...

Ooh - "Ännchen von Tharau" is definitly a folk song. You should listen to the Hannes Wader (great german singer / songwriter) version. Not a bit of "Volkstümlich"

For me, a very sad song is "The valley of kilbride" by The Once.

Martin, that's a nice Threat.

As long as i play(ed) our (V)Folkmusic ( you can listen to some of my music under www.noachteule.de), it often seems to be the problem, that no one knows the songs...

Isn't it funny? A Bowlback of note, build around 1900 in the U.S. - here in Germany in an auction on ebay:
...

You're Chance! :)

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Mandoline-Calace-Tipo-26-Bj-1951-/171768516721?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item27fe339071

On ebay Germany:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/171768516721?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Hopf in fact is a very good known Luthier here in Germany.
There are a lot of "vintage" mandolins on the market.
You can be shure, that someday the next one will step out of the woods.
;)

Moderator's edit: Ebay, online auctions, Cafe Classifieds, KickStarter Campaigns and like crowd-sourcing pursuits, direct dealer solicitations: while discussing online auctions or the classifieds is...

Just one or two thoughs from over the pool ;)

Here in germany, we do have a lot of mandolin orchestras
which survived the last five decades.

Our orchestras are also loosing members, 'cause...

I would like to know,
what Dave has on his mind to this thing.

His offers neatly the same mandolin on his website:
http://www.mandolinluthier.com/mandolins_for_sale_17.htm

There are some few...

Weird!

But Eugene may be right. I vote also for a fixation at a later on repair.
No easy way to pilot-drill these holes,
not to speak about the bevel-drill.
It had to be done before the...

Here is another one for you:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Wunderschone-Mandoline-in-sehr-gutem-Zustand-bereit-zu-spielen-/131384771296?pt=Antike_Musikinstrumente&hash=item1e972482e0

From the early 1970...

I have a short question for a "meglio" label.

I bought this mandolin some weeks ago and its labeld "Michelle Meglio".

My guess is, that this "Michelle" is /was the son (figlio) from Giovanni...

Hi Jim,

its a thing with these old italian mandolins.
Although i have an interest in this intsruments
it's first for the woodwork and sound and so
and only second for the playing.
But that...

Folks,

do you believe in the big hit on an ebay auction?

Well from now on I do :)

I found an auction on ebay.de which shows the first picture
and my thoughts goes: " hmm - could it be tru?...

Jim, sorry.

I'd like to say, that Hopf is indeed a very well known and famous Luthier.
But as i told, Alfred Woll is the first choice for mandolins, esp. from my buddies in our mandolin...

Yes!
He is one of the more famous Luthiers in Germany.

According to my buddies, the best mandolins in germany are made by Alfred Woll at the moment.

Guys,

right now, you can get one at ebay.de

http://www.ebay.de/itm/390994007660?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

If someone over the pool would like to bid on it,...

Martin,

i think, that Spark is wrong.
There are two kinds of mandolone and i believe that the
Mando-basses from Gibson are only the U.S. Form of mando-basses or mandolones.
Its the same...

Martin,

i think, that that the definition from Mr. Sparks is correct,
although he did this in 1995 !
But, you can find instruments for eg. from Calace from the early 1900,
where they called...

The correct name for these Instruments seems to be "Mandolone".
There are two types of it.
The shorter ones with a scale length about 90 - 95 cm
and the body is in form of an mandolin.
Because...

Guys,

do anyone here have a glue about this brand stamp?
Which label or luthier may have had used such one?

It is on the top of an old bowlback mandolin which i bought some days ago.

Martin

The mandolinistas in my mandolin orchestra uses Wolle-plecs, well most of them.
But, they sand down the sharp edges,
so the get a soften sound as well.
And - i think, this must be in combination...

Jim,

yes, i though so too. It may be some good stuff from Marktneukirchen :)

The sound is good in my opinion. Al lot of overtones and a long sustain.
What i think is, that the Martin-Strings...