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My wife thinks I’m dating a Gibson Mandolin.

I finally completed this Brecian Mandola. It was inspired by an illustration from 1805.
It is made with Huon pine soundboard and Queensland Maple neck and bowl. In keeping with the Auzie theme, I...

Hi Mick, William,

Thanks both so much for coming back to me.

I've just spoken with my Uncle. So the story of the mandolin goes back to my Grandad. He got married to his wife in 1936. They...

This is mine (found in a flea market for 30€ some 15 years ago)
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I didn’t understand a word of that but I enjoyed it. One of the best parts was watching the audience mouth the words and seeing the looks on their faces. It was easy to tell how deep the connection...

Well this really is a small world, I believe I met Hans a long, long time ago.
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I was in a school bus that he crashed. Kaput. And it was ok because we were very close to our destination....

This is very sad news. I was born and grew up in Cologne, and speak the local language, Kölsch (not coincidentally also the name of the local beer). Hans Süper and the Colonia Duett were part of my...

This site suggests GDAE, which is convenient for mandolin players. I don't know what kind of strings I use. My luthier, who retired recently, had various strings that he sold singly to fit...

Big sale at the Acoustic Shoppe. I just ordered an MD315 online.

Just for future explorers' info, thought I'd document another Framus ship's sailing in over the horizon-with full appreciative knowledge of all the above comments, I purchased this eidelweiss-adorned...

Well, I can't call it a compulsive purchase, because I wasn't waking up from a nap, but it was kind of impulsive. I'd been casually looking at two of these mandolinettos, mainly because when I bought...

Here are the photos:

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And here's another La Corona, clearly inspired by De Meglio, before and after restoration :mandosmiley:
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Apparently it was a German Italian-sounding company by Schuster Brothers, I've owned a Mandola with a stamped crown on the headstock and a very cute Mandolin with the same crown on the headstock plus...

This may already be widely known, but I have only just noticed that the revived Nakano Archive website also includes a near-complete archive of back issues of "Il Plettro" and "Vita Mandolinistica":...

Hi all,

I've published a rather large blog post concerning a dark horse of mandolin history: the mandolin in Portugal (ca. 1770-1830).

Besides listing some sources already discovered by...

Czech Lignatone catalogue page from 1960's.

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As there are still many questions about who made Strad-O-Lin I thought I'd bring some research I have done into the United guitar Co over here as I think it answers a few questions (and probably...

I like a 28 piece bowlback. :cool:

My best guess is that it was made in East Germany or Czechoslovakia in the 1950s- possibly the 1960s. It has similarities to a Hofner 542 or 545 and Framus also made a mandolin with these "cat's...

You gave me an idea:

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I wanted to chime in here since I'm also a pianist, and I recently dove into the world of unequal temperaments. This video helped a lot in terms of understanding the subtle differences between...

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I must apologize to all of you here in the forum, but I must take advantage of this site to openly thank Kurth83, member of the forum. He was kind enough and selfless enough to donate his Eastman 305...

Arrived today: 0.8 mm and 1.00 mm in polyetherimide (Ultem). I'm eager to wrap up the day's day-job labors and give them a spin.

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