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Sep-12-2017, 12:30pm
A new mandolin family instrument has been added to The Music Emporium inventory:

Northfield Maple Archtop Octave Mandolin

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Northfield Mandolins has seriously upped the ante with their new carved-top, archtop guitar-style octave mandolin. These instruments are quniquely sized, with the aim of taking away some of the awkwardness inherent in the typical octave mandolin scale-length and body size. This maple-bodied octave has a deep, crisp tone that's great for vocal accompaniment and provides some added punch for melody playing. Check out Northfield's excellently-produced video over at the 'Video' tab and watch for our demo coming soon! With hard case.


Carved Arched top made of alpine spruce (Engelmann or Italian Red)
Flat Sides and Back - Solid Mahogany or Figured Maple
Neck Material: Mahogany or Figured maple on based on model
Scale Length: 559mm (22")
Tone Bar braced
Nut width: 35.50mm (1.40”)
String Spacing @ bridge: 46.70mm (1.84”)
Body length: 445mm
Body Width at lower bout: 347mm (13.7”)
Body Width at upper bout: 257mm (10.125 “)
Taper of the Body - Depth @ Endpin: 80mm (3.15”) @ Heel: 65mm (2.6”)
Ebony Fingerboard and Bridge
Machined brass "Nugget" Tailpiece
String Gauges: .049 .034 .022 .013 (inches)
Nut: Bone
Number of Frets: 19
Tuners: Schaller or Gotoh (depending on availability)
Finish: Shellac
Logo: Mother of pearl
Binding: Grained Ivoroid