The Thomastik mandocello strings (Set 1804) work fine on a L&H mandocello. It's what I've used on mine for years and years. I wouldn't use anything else for love or money.
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The Thomastik mandocello strings (Set 1804) work fine on a L&H mandocello. It's what I've used on mine for years and years. I wouldn't use anything else for love or money.
I think there may be one value inflection point between earlier vs. later L&H/Washburn mandolins, which is when they switched from varnish to a lacquer finish. I presume the varnished examples would...
I've owned a LOT of room humidifiers over the years, to humidify the room where I keep my instruments. You want a unit with a digital hygrometer. But the sad truth is that it's hit or miss finding...
Thomastik only makes one set of mandocello strings, set 1804. So you don't have the choice of light/medium/heavy, like you do for mandolins.
I use Thomastik strings (and only Thomastik strings)...
That's a Lyon and Healy Style B (NOT a Pacific Rim instrument at all). A desirable and beautiful instrument. Built circa 1920's (a picture of the label would allow dating more precisely).
Some...
Gorgeous 1945-ish D'Angelico now listed at Wexer Guitars, serial #169, $15,000:
https://www.gbase.com/powered/laurence-wexer-ltd/gear/dangelico-scroll-1945-sunburst
As usual, I post this here...
Felt was probably to dampen the sympathetic vibration of the strings south of the bridge.
I believe that mandolin was last sold by Mandolin Brothers and is pictured at the far right of the postcard MB used to sell featuring three or so D'Angelico mandolins and one D'Aquisto. Hard to tell...
Interesting to compare with the 1937 K-1 at Retrofret right now: http://retrofret.com/products.asp?ProductID=7011&CartID=
Is it just me, or does the fingerboard in the posted photos look like...
I am very interested in hearing any recordings by Myron Bickford and/or Vahdah Olcott-Bickford, whether on Zarvah Art or otherwise. If you have files you are willing share, please PM me. Not sure...
On Monday I was lucky enough to stop by the Northfield shop in Marshall, Michigan (a town which, in some superior alternate universe, is the true capital of Michigan).
Adrian was kind enough to...
I have no doubts about the serial number. Same handwriting and ink as many other examples, including my own. Looks exactly like the label on Lyon and Healy mandola #1 (picture below), written about...
Please, someone buy this before I do, save me from myself:
http://www.folkwaymusic.com/vintage-instruments/all-other-vintage-not-guitars-/1922-lyon-healy-mandocello-0915/
Lyon and Healy...
If you're in the market for a K4, I'd look instead at the one for sale at vintage-instruments.com, which, besides being undamaged, is also a Loar-era instrument with a truss rod (not to mention...
You get a step up in basis at death. For really high-end instruments, it is better to die owning them than to sell during your life and pay capital gains (assuming you are not subject to estate...
Octave mandolin on the left (I'm guessing for Steve Earle), mandocello on the right.
I strongly suspect, but of course cannot prove, true for all L&H mandocellos.
The instrument I photographed was a mint, under-the-bed example, so the risk that the tailpiece had been swapped out...
Check out post 11 in this thread:
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?77473-Lyon-and-Healy-Tailpieces-Differences-Pre-and-Post-Patent-Date
The tailpiece cover is the same size as...
I'm also real curious about what store this might be. Anyone?
I just received my copy of the auction catalog. It's very well done, kudos to those who put it together. It doesn't include any estimated prices of any sort, so it is untainted by the recent,...
Mandocello starting bid was definitely $7,500 yesterday. I agree with Martin that the new starting bid is crazy, but that seems to fit in with the general pricing strategy of the auction.
My goodness that's an impressive collection. I can't believe how many snakehead L-5's are included. I've gotta spend some serious time and read the instrument descriptions (in many cases to...
Attached is a photo of a tailpiece for a Lyon and Healy mandocello. The instrument has a single-digit serial number.
I have concluded (by looking at another example and from hearing from another...
This instrument is back a third time, with a minimum starting bid of $22,500 (the same starting bid as the second auction). Disappointing to see such a lovely instrument priced in a manner that...
I believe those pictures were the same pictures used in a 2012 ebay auction. I strongly suspect a scam.
Take a look here (sales price was $12,100):
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