View Full Version : Scroll-head Neapolitan, existent?
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Anyway, as anyone ever seen a scroll-head Neapolitan mandolin? The only scroll-head I've seen or heard of is the Lyon and Healy, but that's just an A-style. I feel like this combination, maybe with an ornate tailpiece and some nice inlays too, would just have a stunning archaic look.
Just wondering.
Thanks in advance.
JEStanek
Jan-17-2013, 10:35pm
Like this one (http://www.east-start.com/index-27.html)?
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Jamie
PS. Welcome to the Cafe. I love the L&H Style A. It's perhaps my favorite mandolin shape. I would never call it just an A style. ;)
brunello97
Jan-17-2013, 10:39pm
Sure. There have been various Neapolitan mandolins with different types of carved headstocks. Coming from the US, the Brandt mandolins from Chicago featured a scroll head.
I think they look quite nice and they have their fans here. I've never played a Brandt myself.
Mick
Jacob
Jan-17-2013, 10:48pm
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Calace
Like this one (http://www.east-start.com/index-27.html)?
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Jamie
I would never call it just an A style. ;)
As soon as I saw it I fell in love, and it's still one of my all time favorites, so yeah, I'll admit, "just an A style" was a bit ridiculous.
These mandolins are even more beautiful than I expected. Thanks for all of the examples.
JEStanek
Jan-18-2013, 8:51am
Don't worry, my feathers aren't ruffled. I had only seen the bowl backs with the square bit on a hook headstock before these. So, I got to see a new cool looking headstock too. so thanks for starting the thread.
Jamie
Jim Garber
Jan-18-2013, 12:19pm
I'll admit, "just an A style" was a bit ridiculous.
yes, but that is exactly what Lyon & Healy called them.
It is interesting that A model mandolin in Gibsonese is scroll-less, whereas in Martinese is the simplest of their line and in Lyon&healy-ese it is the top of the line.
brunello97
Jan-18-2013, 12:38pm
Good point, Jim.
It is also helpful to remind ourselves that "mandolin" is the English word for "mandolino"....
Mick
mandroid
Jan-18-2013, 2:40pm
Which refers to the shape of an Almond Nut
brunello97
Jan-18-2013, 2:58pm
Which refers to the shape of an Almond Nut
In a (slightly deformed and pointy)-round about way.... ;)
Mick
Say, while we're on the topic, what kind of tailpieces do these things usually have? Are they made to accommodate loop-end, ball-end, or are the strings knotted at the end?
delsbrother
Jan-18-2013, 6:26pm
Has anyone made a mandolin out of almond wood?
brunello97
Jan-18-2013, 6:36pm
Has anyone made a mandolin out of almond wood?
They are pretty trees, though not particularly big from the ones I have seen. Maybe they grow larger in some settings. I'd enjoy hearing what folks knew about the wood quality.
BTW Loop end strings, typically, Levi.
Mick
They are pretty trees, though not particularly big from the ones I have seen. Maybe they grow larger in some settings. I'd enjoy hearing what folks knew about the wood quality.
Mick
If I'm not mistaken, they are rarely commercially used due to the small size, but they make a relatively dense hardwood.
delsbrother
Jan-18-2013, 11:38pm
Ribs are small. :) I wonder if it bends well.