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Nov-12-2019, 11:34pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Remembering Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni in Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Evelyn very generously contributed to the Kickstarter campaign a few years back, putting her hand up for a bent-top flat back classical mandolin...

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Nov-11-2019, 3:01am

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Historical mandolins and cultural preferences in Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

I didn't try to move the bridge and I can't imagine why it would be glued down, other than the Lombardic mandolins had fixed bridges. It may simply...

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Nov-10-2019, 6:55pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Historical mandolins and cultural preferences in Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

I spent a couple of days in the old warehouse that the Stearns collection was housed in back in 2012 or2013 and photographed and measured pretty well...

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Nov-10-2019, 4:07am

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Historical mandolins and cultural preferences in Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Eugene, might that odd Embergher be the six course instrument in the Stearns Collection at the University of Michigan? I will post some photos...

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Nov-02-2019, 4:53pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Brescian/Cremonese mandolin body dimensions in Builders and Repair

Stephen Morey mentions 6 Cremonese mandolins for his book with the body lengths 245mm,226mm, 243mm, 225mm, 235mm, 229mm though he notes most of those...

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Oct-30-2019, 3:59pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Octave Mandolin in Australia - struggling to find up to date info in CBOM

There are several of us who make such things to order in Australia, but in a higher price bracket :)

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Oct-24-2019, 6:10pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread New five course mandocello in CBOM

Looking forward to hearing what you do with it!

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Oct-21-2019, 11:29pm

Mechandy replied to a thread New five course mandocello in CBOM

Yes, it's 48mm Graham. It's been getting a comprehensive workout over the past weeks since I last posted. I now have it hooked up via the pickup to...

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