my new mandolin greets you ...

[mstavrakakis]

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[Jim Garber]

Very nice! Who is the maker? It looks like those violin pegs have internal gears. I like the look of that with the violin scroll.

Interesting... it looks like the maker used a Washburn tailpiece. What kind of strings do you have on it? Also, the rosette looks fantastic. Do you have any closeups of that?

[billhay4]

Beautiful instrument. Who made it? got a sound clip?
Bill

[Texas]

Looks nice, but the craftsmanship is beautiful. Lots of heart and hours in this instrument.

[Chip Booth]

Very nice! Interesting sound hole design, I like how it has layers that recede into the body.

[Steve Sorensen]

Wow! Crazy beautiful.
Steve

[Denny Gies]

Well, well, you are in for some fun. Thanks for the post.

[mstavrakakis]

hello ... your colleagues, the mandolin is my inspiration and construction! Be the first to fabricate and surely I will make but also in the future ... I hope after your kind words! Soon you will hear sound and ... The tailpiece is actually an old Washburn. I placed the clipboard until build his own.

[mandolirius]

Just to be clear....are you saying you built this mandolin?

[Jim Garber]

Mr. Stavrakakis:
Are you the same person mentioned in this posting (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?43848-Patrick-vaillant-amp-kepa-junkera&p=577734&viewfull=1#post577734)?


I share your view on Stelios's record. He is a great musician (and also a great luthier), and this record is very good. He was our guest in the Mandopolis Festival 2007, played with a great mandolinist from Creta called Mihalis Stavrakakis.

And here (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?24522-Mandopolis&p=405111&viewfull=1#post405111):


On July 7th, Cretan music with Mihalis Stavrakakis, the best mandolin player from Creta. With Stelios Petrakis on lyra and lute, and Pericles Papapetropoulos on bulgari.

[mstavrakakis]

exactly ...!

[Jim Garber]

Is this you, ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ? This is very exciting. I did not know you built mandolins.

Web site (http://www.labyrinthmusic.gr/en/seminars/stavrakakis)

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[mstavrakakis]

yes! I'm the one you mention and remember to bring together the Mandopolis Festival 2007.

[mstavrakakis]

Now I getting warmer for personal use and see the future ...

[Jim Garber]

Mihalis: that is a very beautiful mandolin. It is obvious you have built many others. Thank you for posting photos. We look forward to hearing some recordings or video or your playing it.

[mstavrakakis]

truth telling ... is the first and hope you wont be the last!
Thank you for posting!

[Jim Garber]

That is amazing, Mihalis, for the first mandolin you have built.

[Randi Gormley]

wow. stunning.

[Texas]

I love the video. I look forward to hearing more.

[SHORTY]

The movie was marvelous. I admire the skill you have. A beautiful mandolin.

[Bill Baldridge]

Congrats!

[Charles E.]

Very nice. I like the scroll and the rosette. Looking forward to seeing more from you.

[Wayne Bagley]

Wow!

[Mandoviol]

Wow, that is great! μακαρισμοι soı!

[NAS]

Absolutely fantastic, a truly beautiful mandolin

[Tavy]

Fantastic workmanship, and an amazing result!

Thanks so much for posting... this should shake things up a bit :)

[Charlieshafer]

Great to see such fantastic and different stuff, both as a player and a builder! Were you inspired by some of the oud builders?

[Nick Gellie]

Yia sou Mihalis. Kalaspera from Australia.

Wonderful work. It is good to see mandolins being built and played in Crete. I like its classic traditional look. It would be wonderful to see and hear you play your mandolin with a Laouto.

What is your musical inspiration back there in Crete? From that part of the world I mainly play music from northern Greece, Bulgaria, and Macedonia.

Tell us some more about your background and your interests in music and mandolin making.

Cheers

Andio Nic (I once had a nickname of Nick the Greek-possibly because of my looks and interest in balkan music - perhaps the reason I dropped the K off Nick)

[OldGus]

Wow, that is beautiful! I hope you do build more. Are there multiple sound boards? If so, how do you feel they affect the tone and response?

[mstavrakakis]

http://www.youtube.com/user/michail1956/videos
Be well and the future will define what has to tell everyone. I'll try to look worthy of your expectations!

[mstavrakakis]

Hello Nikos Australian ... I can say broadly that the music of Crete timbre is almost Mediterranean, obviously with its own characteristics and idioms that defining the language, the traditions and practices generally and morphology ... mountain scenery, mountain of 2500 meters .. plains, canyons, and around the sea. All this YOU inhabited island about 800.000 people. The music is composed of songs and dances. A sample may have from the screws youtyve.

[mstavrakakis]

Trying to find wood KOA ... I want to try the next MANDOLIN I use this wood. Does one can help me about where I can buy what I need; I have a fantastic maple master grate, but I would really pioneered.

[Jim Garber]

Trying to find wood KOA ... I want to try the next MANDOLIN I use this wood. Does one can help me about where I can buy what I need; I have a fantastic maple master grate, but I would really pioneered.

Mihalis: You can send msg to a member named Spruce (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/private.php?do=newpm&u=10946). Koa mostly grows in Hawaii. I am not sure where you can buy it in Europe.

Google Translate:

Μιχάλης: Μπορείτε να στείλετε MSG σε ένα μέλος που ονομάζεται [URL = "http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/private.php?do=newpm&u=10946"] Spruce [/ URL]. Koa αναπτύσσεται κυρίως στη Χαβάη. Δεν είμαι σίγουρος, όπου μπορείτε να αγοράσετε στην Ευρώπη.

[mstavrakakis]

Mihalis: You can send msg to a member named Spruce (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/private.php?do=newpm&u=10946). Koa mostly grows in Hawaii. I am not sure where you can buy it in Europe.

Google Translate:

Μιχάλης: Μπορείτε να στείλετε MSG σε ένα μέλος που ονομάζεται [URL = "http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/private.php?do=newpm&u=10946"] Spruce [/ URL]. Koa αναπτύσσεται κυρίως στη Χαβάη. Δεν είμαι σίγουρος, όπου μπορείτε να αγοράσετε στην Ευρώπη.

Thanks Jim, you're okay ...

[Charles E.]

Yes, Jim is OK. ;)

[billkilpatrick]

ciao michail - enjoyed both of those videos, thank you. your scroll mandolin is a thing of beauty and wonder - very curious to know how the wooden tuning pegs stand up to the pressure of metal strings and a short vibrating length. more! .. please

my wife and i visited crete a few years ago - wild, beautiful and romantic - complimenti!

[mstavrakakis]

Hi Bill ... these pegs are mechanically with the internal mechanism in each, but the wooden one and gladly work with no problem. Just want a little habit. Thank you for your assessment in my country and I hope to come back!