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  1. Re: Happy Birthday Dennis Vance, hoping for a transplant

    Happy Birthday, Dennis. I'm sure the entire mandolin community has you in its prayers. Best always!
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    Re: Good-bye old Mandolin Cafe

    The new layout is really good. I especially like the fact that we see twice as many entries in ads, the forum, etc.
  3. Re: Seen a lot of bowl backs but never one with machines like thi

    ...and the fret markers! The fret markers!!!:disbelief:
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    Re: A modern oval hole mandolin

    That's absolutely beautiful!
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    Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer

    I understand why it's "rare." And that's a good thing.
  6. Re: Report Substantiates North Korea Musical Instrument Concerns

    :)) :)) :))
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    Re: Thanksgiving Thoughts

    Hopin' all y'all are havin' a good 'un. :mandosmiley::whistling:

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    Re: Flat picking a fiddle?

    There are many, many, MANY different--entirely legitimate--ways to get sound out of a violin.

    More to the point of your question, the notation "Quasi Chitarra" is a standard, established,...
  9. Re: He is... the most interesting mandolin player in the world...

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    Re: R.I.P. George Donaldson

    W--a--y too young....no matter who you are.
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    R.I.P. George Donaldson

    He was a singer, and he played mostly guitar and flute, but he did play a little mandolin, and we must give him credit for helping the resurgence in the US of interest in Celtic (not just Irish)...
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    Re: [Loar Update] I'm a proper idiot.

    With only a computer screen realization of the picture JeffD posted from the The Loar's website, I can take only crude measurements, but when I blow up his picture and measure the gaps between the...
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    Re: An ultra rare masterpiece

    That is some colorful prose there.
  14. Re: Rondeau from Suite No 2 in B minor (BWV 1067) - J S Bach

    Pasha, it's an MP3 file. You might try going to the SoundCloud page and clicking on the "Download" button to bring it onboard your machine.
  15. Re: Rondeau from Suite No 2 in B minor (BWV 1067) - J S Bach

    Thank you, Andy. Very nice. Just curious: Did you use Finale or Noteworthy?
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    Re: New mando player introduction here

    Welcome to the world of mandolins and the Mandolin Cafe. You'll be glad you found both.

    (Small world department: In about 1965 my father bought me my first mandolin for $30 at the now-defunct...
  17. Re: Playing mandolin at the top of a crane or the top of a bridge

    Thank you very much. I've been playing music for a long time, and I have to say that those are some of the highest notes I've ever seen.
  18. Re: 107-Year-Old Mandolinist's Final Performance

    And he seems just so joyful. Splendid. Thank you.
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    Re: fifty years ago in NYC

    As one song that was still popular in that era goes: "Thanks for the memories."
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    Re: Adeste Fideles (Oh Come All Ye Faithful)

    When done by scammers it's called copyright-trolling. It's becoming an increasing problem. And 'unscrupulous' is a decidedly genteel characterization of some of the people who engage in it.
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    Re: Loar forgery / fake Serial # 80263

    Tom, you are too funny!
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    Re: Loar forgery / fake Serial # 80263

    Groundhog Day.
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    Étienne Vatelot has died

    As far as I know, he never made a single mandolin. Still, he made significant and valuable contributions to the profession of stringed-instrument making.
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    Re: Happy Birthday F5LOAR

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    Re: Hand Carved F style ? too good to be true

    I'll never be satisfied with a mandolin that's "hand-carved [period]." I want one that's hand-carved very well by somebody who knows what s/he's doing. With eBay sellers you don't know, it's...
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