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    Re: Mandolin Concerts of Note

    MAURO SQUILLANTE TO THE NETHERLANDS WITH BACH

    At 1 and 2 July 2017 Maestro Mauro Squillante will come from Naples to the Netherlands! He will give two concerts with the title "Pensando Bach", in...
  2. Re: Video - Oswald and new Embergher-style mandolin

    Lovely!

    I hear the kind of sound why i love mandolin so much.
    To be honest, it was not so easy to let this mandolin go. It is in good hands, which is now confirmed. :-)
    Thanks for sharing this....
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    Re: Incoming: Emburgher-style Mandolin

    Consider that the mandolin has not been played for quite a long time. Maybe some grass or graphite can help.

    Regarding the strings: Fisoma strings have a light set: 009, 013, 022 and 032. As far...
  4. Re: Bowlback mandola experiences and recommendations.

    I can imagine! 50 cm is quite a long distance and strings will have much more space. The ones I was talking about were 40,8 - 43 cm and that makes a difference. The only exception was the Embergher...
  5. Re: Bowlback mandola experiences and recommendations.

    Such could work, playing solo, Rob.
    In my situation, playing in orchestra, with other mandolaplayers in GDAE, it did not work. I tuned it differently, tried to read 8 clef AS IF it would be a...
  6. Re: Bowlback mandola experiences and recommendations.

    Mandolas, tuning and strings are still a mess with me.

    I am usually not so satisfied by the sound of a GDAE mandola, there is missing something in balance, especially the low notes are often...
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    Re: Incoming: Emburgher-style Mandolin

    Happy playing, Rob !
    I am happy that this beautiful and well-made instrument is going to be played, being in the hands of a musician.

    The fretboard is narrow. I cannot say "more than Embergher",...
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    Re: European Makers of Neapolitan Mandolins?

    Mick, i met them personally. When i am in Napoli, i always pay a visit and sit there a while. I do not owe an instrument made by them, but have good experience with repairing/restoring. Some of my...
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    Re: European Makers of Neapolitan Mandolins?

    Anema e corde, in Napoli. Also on facebook.
    Nice guys, good work, not expensive, good service.
    http://anemaecorde.weebly.com/
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    Re: La Casa del Mandolino a Napoli

    You are welcome, Bill. I can tell you that the CD is a 100 times better to listen to. Just beautiful.
    Margriet
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    Re: dark side of the moon

    A way to obtain this great CD is by supporting the crowdfunding project : la Casa del Mandolino a Napoli.
    For a donation of 30 a CD will be the reward.

    The project has only 10 days to go....
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    Re: La Casa del Mandolino a Napoli

    Here a a reminder, the project has only 10 days to go.
    Needed is € 9000 and almost half is reached. How great would it be if in these last days the support would increase and lead to a success. Our...
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    Re: La Casa del Mandolino a Napoli

    Here is a video on youtube of a big part "the dark side of the mandolin", the same that i posted, but that was a fb link, only visible by fb-members.
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    Re: dark side of the moon

    Thanks, journeybear!

    Hope this one will be visible for more people. In my country (Netherlands) it is blocked on copyright grounds :-(

    Margriet
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    La Casa del Mandolino a Napoli

    Hometown Naples hopes to get a "casa", a home for the mandolin.

    Recently a group of mandolin passionates of the Accademia Mandolinistica Napoletana, lead by Mauro Squillante, found such a place...
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    Re: dark side of the moon

    Here a reminder: the crowdfunding project for a home for the mandolin in hometown Napoli is still running, but not for long and the wished amount is not yet reached.

    You can help and have the CD...
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    Re: Mandolin Concerts of Note

    This update was meant to go with an earlier post. I forgot to quote. Anyway you will find the information in Bill's thread.
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    Re: Mandolin Concerts of Note

    Recently the trio presented their upcoming CD of the Dark Side of the Mandolin in a concert in La Casa del Mandolino a Napoli. Soon it will be available at Amazon.

    In this thread...
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    Re: dark side of the moon

    Mauro Squillante ( mandolinist, here on mandocello) offers this, especially for mandolincafe-members, because of your enthusiasm :):mandosmiley::

    If you donate to the crowdfunding project of "La...
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    Re: dark side of the moon

    True. Soon it will be released at Amazon. For facebookmembers: there is a page "Dark side of the mandolin", https://www.facebook.com/DarkSideofTheMandolin/?fref=ts.

    Also there is a group : La Casa...
  21. Re: Het CONSORT celebrates its 25 years of existence with 2 conce

    Congratulations: composers, performers. A most enjoyable concert !
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    Anyway much loooking forward to attending the first jubilee concert !
  23. Re: Het CONSORT celebrates its 25 years of existence with 2 conce

    Why nothing said about the premiere of John Craton's piece, as i saw in an announcement to a concert you invited me to ?
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    Re: Scarlatti Arrangements

    Indeed, this was recordered during a friendly meeting in the weekend of 29-30 November: Attika, Mauro Squillante and me. We had a concert at 30 Nov with baroque repertoire. For me it was very...
  25. Re: Drop Box is now available for Italian 'ballo liscio' sheet mu

    thank you a lot, Shery!

    What a big job did you do, and how good are the copies!!

    I did not find the b clarinet parts yet...the more i am searching, the more my respect for you grows.
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