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I have found one of the Weeks pieces and copied 3 more while I was at the Lbirary of Congress, last week. First, an easy ensemble piece, Passing Guard March, for 1st and 2nd mandolins, mandola, and...

Have you considered bringing this to the Kalamzoo CMSA convention in a couple weeks? There will be around 17 mandocello players and still room in the open mic. We have done MC quartets, but you go...

Registration is still open for the upcoming CMSA convention in Kalamazoo, September 21-25. This year, because of our Covid protocols, all registration must be through the on-line portal, which will...

"In my line of work, I am called upon to perform "peer review" to vet and inform writing a fellow scholar. I'd appreciate a "peer review" from any of y'all who might catch any gaffes that I might...

Very interesting. I have no specific comments about your materials, but as I'm preparing a table of 'golden age' photos for the Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra's performance at the Minnesota History...

We talked the last couple years about mandocellos at CMSA. I'm not doing a workshop this year, but you will be meeting and playing with a bunch of enthusiastic bass cleffers, and Klaus Rumpf is going...

Stevie Coyle, guitarist for the Waybacks, now operates Mighty Fine Guitars in Lafayette, CA. A few weeks ago somebody showed up at the shop with a previously undocumented 1924 Loar K5!

There are...

"I'm registered and reserved, coming with my Larson mandocello. I'm a bit rusty, but excited!"

I think the cellos will have an especially good time in Kalamazoo. Interesting En Masse parts...

That mandobass-in-action photo makes me wonder if it the endpin extends -- or used to extend.

Perhaps.....but pay ten grand for a proper double bass and you will earn 10x that over the next decade of gigs!

If I were going to trade my car for a mandobass, that would be the one.

I was just cruising around Tom Crandall's inventory page and found this one-of-a-kind beauty from around 1918. I don't recall seeing any mention in my old catalogs (but will take another look) and I...

As nice as it is to read through and play classical string music (Mozart, Schubert, etc.) there is something special about John's Music written specifically for the plucked orchestra. His presence at...

I can attest that John’s mandolin orchestra music is wonderful to listen to and to play.

Evelyn's books over the past 5 years, ever since her first "Evelyn's Big Book 2015," have been a great source of wonderful arrangements of mostly traditional tunes, with a few originals scattered...

But really, wasn't Jascha Heifetz the Sol Goichberg of the violin?

Just using the search word nyckelharpa gets you a lot of good stuff, whether on youtube or spotify or whatever.

/Magnus

Tim, it's great to hear from someone diving into this deep pool of great mandolin music. I just want to put in a plug for the Classical Mandolin Society of America. On the CMSA website, as a...

I haven't seen anyone mention Neil Gladd. His name also should be included on your list. http://neilgladd.com/

You know, the style C pieces are nice and the style B pieces really nice as well, especially in the era before the Cs moved to that plain paddle-style headstock.

Here’s mine!

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Hmmmm.....somehow these “thumbnails” showed up and I cannot delete!

Because . . . why not?!

I admit: I'm a bowlback-fan kinda guy, especially of the Neapolitan type. However, I've been bitten by the elegance inherent in Lyon & Healy's (L&H) approach to archtop...

I'd have loved to see the finish shop at the L&H factory. If you've seen one in fine condition, it's obvious that their varnishing skills were somewhere beyond Gibson's. Just fantastic staining,...

Not such a bad deal. Owner could sell the tailpiece, original case, and finger rest for $500. And with a few days of skillful labor have one of the finest oval hole mandolins ever made at a cash...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA9lpHnZbFU

Remembering Evelyn I made another video of one of her arrangements:
The Old Man and the Old Woman

Thanks Evelyn!