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congratulations to the happy winner!

- tom

any news on this? #i love that instrument!

what happens if fewer than 600 tickets are sold?

when will the raffle be drawn?

i'm not just obsessed by finding other instruments tuned in fifths, but for some reason i've also caught the more than 8-strings/4-pairs bug. #

dave freshwater of freshwater instruments has given...

janish f5n.

what are the views of the classical, celtic players, choro players out there on straps?

well, loren, despite my current considerations, the only reason i started thinking about it, is that i am going to pick-up my new janish f-style natural in prag in about a month and need a strap.
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i think i'm about the only one in europe with a strap when sitting, but i'm almost the only one without a bowlback around here, too.

the celtic players tend to sit down, so no need of a strap, i...

i always play my mandolin with a strap, fearing that it will slip out of my hands and off my body without it.

but now, i have attended a couple mandolin-orchestra concerts and met some good...

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that's perfect.

thanks!

i like the chord voicing and rhythm styles dasspunk uses in general and am tryng to imitate them. i've started with cattle in the cane.

dasspunk (or others who have a better ear than i): what...

i live in germany and would happy to order stuff for anyone from trekel and send it without any surcharge but the cost of german luftpost to the states.

i haven't really though how i would manage...

my mandolin teacher has just given me calace's 12 duets to start to learn. i would love to get hold of a recording of these.

can anyone point me in the right direction?

- tom

i have recently acquired butch baldassari and john mock's "cantabile" compilation and was wondering if anyone knows what mandolin butch baldassari is playing on it.

btw: i particularly like the...

what beautiful pictures!

help!

i've been asked to play at our company's kick-off meeting: an italian evening. we have an italian colleague who will sing and i'm supposed to accompany him.

only problem: i don't know any...

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thanks to all for the suggestions.

craigtoo: i live in a place called korschenbroich, between duesseldorf and moenchengladbach.

great tips. keep 'em coming.

actually, i'm in a great position both for beer and visits to prague, living in germany.

are there any other places in prague i should czech out? what about the...

i must say i agree that it must be possible to develop a standard vocabulary for mandolin assessment. although not capable of doing it myself, there are, i'm sure, many on the board who could give a...

i'm planning a trip to the czech republic next year with the aim of picking up an f-style mandolin that sounds great and will appreciate in value.

would appreciate any tips on where i should...

i recently purchased a 1917 gibson a in the western united states (colorado). from what i heard, the mandolin also belonged to someone in south dakota.

now i (and the mandolin) live in germany, a...

i have amazing slowdowner. it's great for learning tunes. but if you want to play along to a recording, you have to adjust your own tuning to the recording's tuning ... or am i missing something here?