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  1. Re: What qualities does a Neapolitan mandolin have?

    John, I was following (or trying to follow) this discussion in another thread where some research papers were testing the sound characteristics of a bowlback.
    You've summarized the summaries nicely....
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    Re: Voyageur & French Canadian Folk Songs

    Thanks, J.
    That's a great resource.
    Not sure how deep I want to go, but I'd like to go deeper than I am now.
    i enjoy the Frenchified box and fiddle music.

    Mick
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    Re: Voyageur & French Canadian Folk Songs

    Thank you, sir.

    I picked up a DG box last year and in the book examples it looked like a number of tunes in those keys. Was that your experience?
    I'd be interested in learning more music from...
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    Re: Voyageur & French Canadian Folk Songs

    Here's a link to the CD that Jim mentioned in his post.

    At least it goes by the same name.

    Jim?


    Mick
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    Re: Regal Le Domino Mandolin C.1933

    A few nice nuggets of information from the site Mike linked to, filling in a bit more on the 20s scene in Chicago, particularly JR Stewart:

    "The Le Domino model was the brainchild of James R....
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    Re: Strap for bowl back

    Well, you could swap out the light gauge strings for some heavier ones and watch your Washburn implode on you while you're fiddling with your strap attachment.

    Mick
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    Re: Other branded Martin Mandolins

    My (limited) experience with Ditson labeled mandolins has been that they've been good to very good instruments hopefully reflective of the company's good taste / good sense of working with outside...
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    Re: Other branded Martin Mandolins

    I look forward to seeing your Martin / Ditson when you have a chance to post some pictures.

    Our long-lost friend Jake Wildwood has images of a Ditson labeled Martin with their "B" style...
  9. Thread: A 1921 f2?

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    Re: A 1921 f2?

    Fair play to you.

    You'd think all the lost mandolins would have turned up found by now, but these kinds of serendipitous stories come up here on a more-than-occasional basis and always make me...
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    Re: A Pair of Ceccherini's

    Great stuff, John and Bruce. Thanks for sharing.

    Where's Martin?

    We can't have a discussion here about Ceccherinis without Martin joining in. :)

    Mick
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    Re: The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld

    Thanks, John and Bren...great tales.

    I love this: "....They are unlocked and are open to anyone seeking shelter while walking or climbing in the Scottish mountains."
    And the shared ethos of...
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    Re: The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld

    Thank you, John, for the music and video.

    And now I know what a bothy is. True delights for the architect in me.

    Mick
  13. Re: Early 1900s University of Washington Mandolins

    Thanks!

    I dig the Waldo, front and center.

    Mick
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    Re: Wurlitzer Mandolins? Mystery Maker

    I've got a half dozen or more of these "Leland" model flatbacks with a few different labels, including one from Wurlitzer.

    I've long been of the opinion that these were made by Vega.

    Others...
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    Re: Church Praise Band Question

    Might be time to get a bowlback mandolin to help break your folks out of stereotypes of what a mandolin looks like, sounds like or plays like.

    And I'll bet you'll enjoy it yourself!


    Mick
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    Re: 1914 J E Dallas London Flat Top

    Thanks, Nick....but alas I won't be bidding on this one.

    Shipping costs from the UK to the USA have been exceedingly high and tend to scare me off from bidding on the many many interesting...
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    Re: Italian Mandolin music being forgotten ???

    Volare, il mio amico.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4IjJav7xbg

    Mick
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    Re: 1914 J E Dallas London Flat Top

    Thanks, Nick.

    Always fun to see Dallas's work show up.

    I've pulled out a warped top in this area on a Favilla bowlback using a method John Maddock (iirc) recommended...using a "heat pack" on...
  19. Re: Mandolinist wins Celtic Connections 2024 Young musician prize

    The man has his Carhartt's on. ;)

    Mick
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    Re: Help identifying Vega bowl back

    My take on this headstock design is that the Vinaccia (who were early users) appropriated the idea from the common "Broken Pediment" feature in late Classical / Mannerist architecture. ...
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    Re: Help dating an old Sicilian mandolin

    Nick, weren't the common Waverly "cloud" tailpieces made in NYC?

    Mick
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    Re: 1908 Calace?

    Good call.

    It may be a fine instrument in its own right.

    I think we're just trying to suss out whether it is from some configuration of the Calace's output.

    It may well be, but doesn't look...
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    Re: Help dating an old Sicilian mandolin

    I'm with John on this....these MOR Italian / Sicilian mandolins can be very nice players...if they are playable...and have a bright "shimmering sound" as our friend, Martin Jonas, so wonderfully put...
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    Re: Calace labels

    Well, fratres is Latin for brothers / fratelli and Neapoli is also the old Greek name for Naples / Napoli, which is also Neapolis in Latin

    I've got a fair number of Fratres Calace mandolins in my...
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    Re: 1908 Calace?

    The printing on the label looks a little rough / smeary in comparison to the 1901 Fratres C label attached.

    Bad print? Bad copy?

    The soundhole shape is a curious one.

    Do you have other...
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