Germain wrote:
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I also have a question about the measurements from the Lawrence Smart page. I was looking at the Mandola and Mandocello measurements... They are the same!
I looked at the page and didn't catch that... I assume it's a mistake, because in the body of the Web page he states:
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Gibson mandocello scale length is 24 ¾". When I designed the mandocello in my quartet I settled on a scale length of 25". This gave me a body size (with the bridge sitting near the middle of the top) that seemed manageable and playable, but large enough to produce the desired low-end response. I know of a few mandocellos with a 27" scale which seem to work well, and since the cello will probably be mostly playing bass lines, 27" is likely not too cumbersome.
Paul Doubek
"... beauty is not found in the excessive but what is lean and spare and subtle" - Terry Tempest Williams
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