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Thanks! My Harwood bowlback was displayed and passed around the Classical Mandolin Society of America Convention in Kansas City this year. It was lots of fun showing off a mandolin made right here in...

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“Mire Pral” featuring our Fearless Leader, Scott Tichenor, playing some amazing Gypsy jazz in Kansas City tonight!

In case you missed it on the other post, here is an article I found about the Harwood factory in Kansas City.

Attached is a pic of my Harwood Bowlback that I was given a few years ago. I researched the Harwood brand by Jenkins Music of Kansas City and found the attached article from August 1899 in the KC...

The Mandolin Orchestra of Kansas City plans a concert in late August where we'll officially premier our Mandobass. We're aware of the volume limitations of a Mandobass and plan to amplify it in some...

Like Leo Kottke? So do we! We'll be performing "Crow River Waltz", "Vaseline Machine Gun", "The Tennessee Toad", and "The Brain of the Purple Mountain" at our next concert this Saturday, January 21st...

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Here he is channeling Donnie Stiernberg as he plays in his band “Mire Pral” in Prairie Village Kansas. Stunningly well done Mr. Tichenor, as always!

Big time excellent! This will be year 12 for me. Wouldn't miss it for the world!

Fabio Giudice just shared two more pictures from 2019 CMSA. Here we have the whole Mandocello section about to walk on stage.

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And a fabulous pic of Commander Fabio overseeing his troops...

I bought it here on The Cafe, and it came tuned CGDA and I never questioned it. I’ve replaced the strings with standard mandocello strings a few times. It plays just fine!

The composer of "Magnificent Mountain", Robert Lunn, posted the audio to the premier performance by the Classical Mandolin Society of America last week. Hearing it on this link is amazing--sitting in...

I've been using our own Dave Harvey's Jubilee Polish for years. It really cleans up my mandolins, and I big time trust Dave to formulate something that is good for a mandolin.

Here is a link to...

I've had a great experience with Matt Flinner's online group lessons--several times. I highly recommend him: https://www.mattflinner.com/

Only 10 contestants this year, but all still top notch!

Finalists:
Scott Pearson
Holten Doucette

3rd Ethan Batan
2nd Simon Dunson
1st Solly Burton (I think that makes 3?)

Fastest way for you to pick it up would be to get Nate Lee's DVD or download https://thenatelee.weebly.com/. I picked it up at Kaufman Kamp and it will definitely get you going on pentatonics.
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We now have videos posted from the inaugural concert of the Mandolin Orchestra of Kansas City (MOO-KC We love our initials...) Here is the link in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/mookc/posts/....

You can see all our music on our site: http://www.mookc.com/

Got some neat original compositions from our fearless conductor, Phil DeWalt!

A few pics and a selfie from the first rehearsal last night:

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Being in this is a real dream come true for me!

KC folks: Join us! Info at http://www.mookc.com/

Charlie Walden is the king of old time fiddle tunes. Check out his site at http://www.charliewalden.com/ and hit him with a little PayPal for all the effort he's made for us!

One of the advantages of moving back to Kansas City is getting to go to things like this. Julia and I went and had seats on the 4th row center. The concert was in the Midland Theater which is a huge...

Thanks, Andy! You can bet my buddies and I will be playing that at Kaufman Kamp this year!

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Just got my new iPad Pro a couple of weeks ago and thought I'd show you the difference. The iPad Pro is on the left, a 8.5x11 sheet of music is in the middle, and my old iPad is on the...

Let me chime in for UnrealBook. Been using it for years in my iPad. What I like is it integrates well with DropBox. I save my music as PDFs in folders in DropBox (e.g. Bluegrass, Celtic, Kaufman...

I stayed at the Gaylord with my wife a few years ago. Flashy place, the lobby it a trip, but the room was nothing special and the food there is pricey.

I'm always fond of the Drury Inn by the...

Let'e pull this post back around! Here we go!

Had the same problem on my 1921 Gibson, only on the bass side. Shortly after I got it I took it to my favorite luthier, Matt Harmon, at Mass Street...