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Nov-06-2016, 5:00am
KM's Live Music shots (http://www.flickr.com/people/kmlivemusic/) has added a photo to the pool:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5686/30153361733_c9bcd15fe0_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/30153361733/)
8th October 2016 at the Calthorpe Arms, London WC1 (Beverly Smith & John Grimm gig).
The Mandolin evolved from the Lute in 17th and 18th century Italy. In the United States they adopted a flat back rather than the bowl shaped back. The bodies of the instrument can be either pear shaped or tear drop shaped (i.e. with a scroll carved into the headstock). They also vary in the shape and position of the sound holes which has a greater impact on the sound of the instrument.
Pear shaped Mandolins usually have an oval sound hole (normally on the centre line of the body near the neck). The American Gibson company called this design of Mandolin the A style.
The instrument in the photo is a A Style Mandolin made by Collings Guitars of Austin, TX.
Mandolins are assigned the number 321.321 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs) ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
View: larger version of the image shown here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/30153361733/in/pool-59228232@N00).
From the Flickr.com Social Group "Mandolin Heaven (http://www.flickr.com/groups/mandolins/pool/)" that contains member uploads of mandolin related subject matter.
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=131&pictureid=2862 (http://www.flickr.com/groups/mandolins/pool/)
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5686/30153361733_c9bcd15fe0_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/30153361733/)
8th October 2016 at the Calthorpe Arms, London WC1 (Beverly Smith & John Grimm gig).
The Mandolin evolved from the Lute in 17th and 18th century Italy. In the United States they adopted a flat back rather than the bowl shaped back. The bodies of the instrument can be either pear shaped or tear drop shaped (i.e. with a scroll carved into the headstock). They also vary in the shape and position of the sound holes which has a greater impact on the sound of the instrument.
Pear shaped Mandolins usually have an oval sound hole (normally on the centre line of the body near the neck). The American Gibson company called this design of Mandolin the A style.
The instrument in the photo is a A Style Mandolin made by Collings Guitars of Austin, TX.
Mandolins are assigned the number 321.321 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs) ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
View: larger version of the image shown here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/30153361733/in/pool-59228232@N00).
From the Flickr.com Social Group "Mandolin Heaven (http://www.flickr.com/groups/mandolins/pool/)" that contains member uploads of mandolin related subject matter.
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=131&pictureid=2862 (http://www.flickr.com/groups/mandolins/pool/)