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    Re: Set up curiosity

    I think what you use different instruments for might make a difference. An instrument that is played more aggressively might benefit from a slightly higher action, for example. A bluegrass...
  2. Re: Thumb Arthroplasty/Carpal Tunnel Surgery Results, Both Hands

    Really glad your surgery is working out for you. It's tough when arthritis starts slowing you down, as I know first "hand" at age 76. Sounds like once you're fully recovered it will be a new...
  3. "Werkheiser" Martin employee mandolin

    I've pulled some information together on a nice Martin employee mandolin I've had for a few years now. It was built in 1919 and is closest to the Style D of the standard-run flatbacks of the era. ...
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    Re: Howe-Orme mandolin video

    Hard to find much on the Vega guitars with a similar bulging top. This site:

    https://www.guitarbench.com/2010/06/vega-style-b-cylinder-guitar-from-the-top-shelf-scott-freilich/

    seems to...
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    Re: Howe-Orme mandolin video

    Gregg - I watched a few of the videos about the museum. Fantastic stuff! You've acquired some incredible instruments and obviously some international fans. It's really great that you've gone to...
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    Re: Howe-Orme mandolin video

    This is just nerdy speculation (a thing that happens whe Gregg and I communicate with each other), but when I looked at the image of the banjo lute that Gregg linked to, my first reaction was...
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    Re: Howe-Orme mandolin video

    Gregg: No, I hadn't seen that. It's the first intact one I've ever seen. Of course, you, Banana, and Rick get mentioned. Pat Sky may be someone who you didn't know but his work on tracing Elias...
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    Re: Howe-Orme mandolin video

    Jim - Yeah, I've seen pictures of those. I think they were a fair bit later than the original cylinder back mandos. Is that your impression?
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    Re: Howe-Orme mandolin video

    Think I found the subtitles function. It provides a nice written version of the video about "how warm" mandolins.
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    Re: Howe-Orme mandolin video

    Thanks very much, Hank. It's comforting to know that people are making it all the way through. It's a lot of information. I tried to make it more engaging than just me talking by using a lot of...
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    Re: Howe-Orme mandolin video

    The spoken text isn't written down anywhere. I did have some notes on cards but mostly just winged it. I don't know of any way to extract transcripted text from the video. If someone else does,...
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    Howe-Orme mandolin video

    I know it's been ages since I've posted here and I've mostly been playing guitar these past few years -- but not entirely. I recently started messing around with my Howe-Orme mandolins and decided...
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    Re: Free Waterloo Mandolin

    Big Waterloo/Collings fan. Count me in !
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    Re: Pets with Mandolin-related names?

    Our Goldendoodle, who we lost earlier this year, was named Tremolo. When people asked my why, I said that the only way I'd ever have a tremolo that anyone would admire was if I had a good looking...
  15. Re: Eastman MD515 Mandolin with Schertler Products Giveaway

    Very generous offer. Someone will be getting a very special Christmas present.
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    Re: Free V-Picks - Right Here

    Cool! Count me in.
  17. Re: In search of red teens F4 bought at Renningers in Florida in

    Without a serial number it will be really hard to know that a given mando is "the one." Maybe someone will know the history of their mandolin well enough to trace it back to the 1989 sale. If you...
  18. Re: Question(s) for other lefties who play righty...

    Interesting finding. My conclusion, based on this report, is that ultrasound can increase the rate of left-handedness. But that's a long way from the conclusion that left handedness is...
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    Re: High-strung Mandola

    This.

    Mandola scale lengths vary quite a bit. Use this as a starting point and then position the bridge so that the note when fretting at the 12 fret matches the pitch of the harmonic at the 12th...
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    Do you have a citation for this? It doesn't fit at all with my understanding of hand dominance or neuroplasticity. I'd be happy to revise my understanding of these issues if there's credible...
  21. Re: Howe-Orme on eBay.. "kissed by the angels"

    The plainer one Jim mentioned looks pretty much the way it should. The fretboards were no longer elevated by that serial number, as best as I can tell. The earlier one has all of the problems...
  22. Re: Howe-Orme on eBay.. "kissed by the angels"

    Well, as others have already noted, the one with the "adjustable" bridge is certainly not original (bridge and tailpiece wrong) and the description is incorrect in a couple of respects (the "E H Co"...
  23. Thread: Ragtime

    by Bob DeVellis
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    Re: Ragtime

    What a fascinating thread! When I think of ragtime, players like Rev. Gary Davis or Blind Blake come to mind more readily than Scott Joplin (although his compositions are outstanding, to be sure). ...
  24. Re: Best piece of advice you've learned here at The Cafe

    Well, it's a small, specific thin but it's proved to be a great tip -- how to wind strings when changing them. I learned here to wrap the string around the post and then pass it through the hole in...
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    Re: Portable digital recorder suggestions...

    Another vote for the LS-10. I've gotten excellent results using it with a mini-tripod. It's rugged, compact, versatile, and the recording quality is excellent.
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