View Full Version : 1910s/20s DeWick wood-resonator mandolin
Jake Wildwood
Feb-09-2014, 4:03am
My customer's got a pretty sweet little thing going on here -- lots of punch & cut but all with that clean and clear bowlback spirit.
More pics & a soundclip at the blog post (link). (http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.com/2014/02/c1920-dewick-bandonian-wood-resonator.html)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vqNzW48Wm6A/UvaTX-MPqEI/AAAAAAAAr3M/Fd8Aceq6a2U/s1600/dewick-1.jpg
Egh? What? How does that even work? Cool though.
Jake Wildwood
Feb-09-2014, 5:02am
Think of it as a banjo rim with a wood top -- it has some arcs cut out of the bottom of it which let the sound out into the banjo-style backplate.
Jim Garber
Feb-09-2014, 4:56pm
That is a beaut, Jake. I have never seen one in person. Very cool. Paul Hostetter built an octave mandolin (http://www.lutherie.net/no_bows.html) based on M. Iucci who may have some connection with the DeWick instruments.
Some other MC threads:
Old DeWick (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?47614-Old-Dewick)
Round Mandolins (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?98070-Round-mandolins)
sebastiaan56
Feb-15-2014, 12:17am
Do you keep detailed dimensions of these instruments Jake. Even some forensic photos. I would like to have a go at making something like this. I'm sure there won't be plans anywhere :-)