Take a look at this one:
The Concert-Mandolin by L. Romito e Carbone, Naples, ca. 1890 with a very early version of the "Tone Gard".
Jim
Take a look at this one:
The Concert-Mandolin by L. Romito e Carbone, Naples, ca. 1890 with a very early version of the "Tone Gard".
Jim
Jim
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Playing lately:
Brentrup A4C -- 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin -- 1904 Embergher Type 3 -- 1937 Gibson L-Century -- 1939 Gibson L-00 -- ca. 1890s Celebrated Benary Banjo -- 1985 Monteleone Grand Artist Mandola
I guess there's nothing new under the sun.
Is it just me, or does that thing look like a chastity belt?
There is a busker in the Toronto subway system that plays a blackface snakehead, with a wooden tone guard-like second back that he says is original. Never seen anything like it since.
"...while a great mandolin is a wonderful treat, I would venture to say that there is always more each of us can do with the tools we have available at hand. The biggest limiting factors belong to us not the instruments." Paul Glasse
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Both: it is you and it does look like a chastity belt.Originally Posted by (Flowerpot @ Jan. 26 2005, 16:24)
Jim
Jim
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Playing lately:
Brentrup A4C -- 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin -- 1904 Embergher Type 3 -- 1937 Gibson L-Century -- 1939 Gibson L-00 -- ca. 1890s Celebrated Benary Banjo -- 1985 Monteleone Grand Artist Mandola
I don't know about the chastity belt but it does remind me a bit of a knights visor. John
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It was a matching set, when he was to put on his helmet , first he put her in the chastity belt, before he an his squire rode off to go crusading , the origins of the ladys lockpick, too
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