Well, I have received the ebony wood for the new bridge. It's in a 1" x 1" x 6" chunk. For some reason (moisture resistance, I suppose) it's coated in wax.
I have a new package of 6 blades for my...
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Well, I have received the ebony wood for the new bridge. It's in a 1" x 1" x 6" chunk. For some reason (moisture resistance, I suppose) it's coated in wax.
I have a new package of 6 blades for my...
Thanks for the Woodcraft recommendation. I found the necessary wood, and shipping is much more reasonable. Now I'm thinking about tools. I have a coping saw, but I'm looking at a small powered scroll...
I have made some preliminary measurements.
First off, the fingerboard isn't *quite* straight. There is a gap of about 0.25mm (0.010") between the G string and the fret in the middle of the...
Sorry... my confusion. I clicked on Paul Hostetter's link in an earlier post and somehow thought it was yours. Some good information there though!
Thanks to you and the others who responded. It's...
rcc56, thanks very much for that prompt reply!
I was pretty sure making a new bridge wouldn't hurt anything as long as I didn't damage the original. This is a very sweet-sounding mandolin which I...
Reviving this "zombie" thread because I have a Martin Model "C" mandolin with action that is a little too high. The neck is straight. The base of the bridge is rather thin, and I don't want to damage...
Update on "Washburn International/US Music" in Mundelein, IL. The factory closed up several years ago; not sure if it moved, but since it isn't really Washburn or L&H, it's not important.
After...
I built my own case out of a discarded fiberboard shipping container... almost 50 years ago! What I did not know about cases would fill an encyclopedia, but I copied aspects of a guitar case. It...
I just looked at my L&H Style B, #41 (1918?). The frets appear slightly radiused; they are definitely not flat. I compared them to those on my Martin Model C, #18196 (1925), which are flat.
As a...
I hope your biopsy results are favorable. There are many things that present as lung cancer but are less dire. Also, many kinds of cancer are much more treatable now than even just a few years ago....
My wife and I saw the Highland Travellers a week ago tonight in Evanston. It was a great show and Adam Steffey said several times he hoped to be back sometime. I hope the best for him and the guys in...
Here is an image of the base of my L&H "B", serial #41. It has "PAT.APLD.FOR" on the same place as shown in Nat's first post. By some miracle, I have run the strings under the metal plates... I'm...
I'm reporting you both to the Department of Redundancy Department!
That brings back memories. My wife and I met in the basement of Hogeye Music in Evanston, IL, in 1981. We were taking mandolin lessons there from Dave Neidig. In 1982, as we were approaching our...
For what it's worth to this discussion, here is the label from my Style B. I believe it's a fairly early one... between 1918 and 1920. I took it to Washburn International, which was located here in...
I've started wearing my old (2013) red Mandolin Cafe hat again. There was a while last year I didn't want to be seen in a red hat!
#MakeRedHatsSociallyAcceptableAgain
Steve
I wish I'd made the mandolin! :-)
About 45 years ago I built myself a case for my Martin "C" which had been living in a cloth bag. It was made out of a heavy cardboard box and covered in fabric and polyurethane varnish. The hardware...
The show was great! The band played a 90-minute set with no intermission. I took a couple snapshots though it was not permitted. Attached is one that sort of captures the energy in the hall. Sierra...
If you look closely, you can see a mandolin in that picture! ;-)
I ordered a red one last Saturday, hoping it would come in time to wear to the Sierra Hull concert at NEIU in Chicago last night. It arrived last Monday (48 hours later!!!). So I had it on at the...
Lyon & Healy Model A? Nice!
Wife and I are seeing her tonight at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She's come a long way since 2006! And she was pretty darned good then!!
Look for me in my Mandolin Cafe cap (red!)
It looks similar to a Martin Model "C" from 1926:
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I'm pretty sure that it was Washburn that made Lyon and Healy instruments. Washburn moved to Mundelein, IL, and in 2002 changed its name to U.S. Music Corporation...