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    John Wynn Mandolin

    I saw this on facebook marketplace (no financial interest on my part). Built by the late John Wynn.
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    Re: Speranze Perdute

    This is it! A monograph of Alessandro Morelli's "Speranze Perdute."
    I cover his life and how his waltz became world famous. Part One reveals the life of a very active young man living in Rome and...
  3. Out of solidarity we will observe Blackout Tuesday

    Since inception this site has attempted to serve as an oasis, a respite from the rest of the world, a place to relax, let down and get away from a lot of complicated news, hot button topics, and many...
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    Re: Me? A copyright violator?

    Happens all the time, especially with the better known classical tunes. Youtube's automatic content matching system can't distinguish between you recording a public domain tune and you sampling a...
  5. c1910 Fairbanks Vega Whyte Laydie No. 2 Banjorine (banjeaurine)

    This week's unusual instrument is a circa 1910 Fairbanks Vega Whyte Laydie No. 2 Banjorine. Vega used the spelling "banjorine" while SS Stewart who is credited with developing the instrument spelled...
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    Re: Please recommend some Slow Airs

    • The Yellow Haired Laddie [TAB]
    • Pentland Hills [TAB]
    • Donald MacPherson's Lament [TAB]
    • The Cradle Song [TAB]
    • Camasunary [TAB]
    • Braigh Loch Iall [TAB]
    • Ae Fond Kiss [TAB]
    • My Love is...
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    Re: Column: Making a Living as a Musician

    Someone is going to post this. It might as well be me:


    Would you like to play the guitar?
    Carry money home in a jar
    From a coffeehouse or a bar,
    Or would you rather get a job?

    A job is...
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    Re: Does nut width really matter?

    I just went through the process of choosing a standard or wide nut width on a new Collings MF model. Been playing a Kentucky KM1000 for ten years (older 1 1/16 nut width, which they may now make in 1...
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    Column: Making a Living as a Musician

    My column this week in No Depression takes up the issue of the difficulty of making a living on the road for full time musicians. One of the examples I use is the great West Virginia mandolin player...
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    Re: Free tunes for winter 2016: Winter's Tale 3

    Dear Mandolin Friends,

    Once again another year has gone by since I posted my last Winter's Tale tune book on this Forum. Here is Winter's Tale Book 4, with 22 tunes for mandolin trio plus guitar...
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    Re: Howard Cedric Rainwater Watts

    Inspired by Fretbear's offering,i had a look at several other F & S clips. I thought to myself ''I could listen to this all day'', then it occured to me,that in the past i have,many,many times over....
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    Re: The waiting is the hardest part!

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    Prohibition Swing Club

    Saw this posted on a Facebook group.....


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdRZGCfhyRw
  14. Re: Breedlove production moving to China -- Will Weber be next?

    Hey fellow mandolin warriors. To put fears to rest. There are no intensions of ever moving any part of Weber to China. We will remain a domestically built family of instruments.
  15. Re: Breedlove production moving to China -- Will Weber be next?

    I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm not. As someone who was intimately involved with Weber for 12 years, and as one of the few people who made the move to Bend from Montana, I saw the writing...
  16. Re: Breedlove production moving to China -- Will Weber be next?

    I often wonder what would happen to our availability to our products, if our relations with China were to suddenly go sour.
  17. Re: Report Substantiates North Korea Musical Instrument Concerns

    As if anyone cares, the Korean script in the background of the photograph reads 'Cham Kay Ramyun' - from an instant noodle packet.
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    Thanksgiving Thoughts

    Just wanted to express my thanks directly to all the Cafe´members who make this site a daily "must-visit" for me, and to Scott T and the moderators for keeping it civil, informative, pleasantly...
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    Free book of tunes for winter

    Dear Mandolin Friends,

    I put this little book together for my mandolin practice group. I hope you enjoy playing through it.

    Best wishes for the holidays,
    Evelyn
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    Mmmmm it reminds me of cinnamon rolls!

    Mmmmm it reminds me of cinnamon rolls!
  21. Re: He is... the most interesting mandolin player in the world...

    Music store employees ask him to play Stairway to Heaven.
    He can chord a four-finger G Chop with only three.
    Marty Stuart once told him his hair was too big.
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  23. Re: He is... the most interesting mandolin player in the world...

    His tremolo is written as 256th notes (microminihemidemisemiquavers)

    His foot tapping is used to calibrate atomic clocks

    He can tell a string is out of tune just by looking at it

    He holds...
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  25. Re: He is... the most interesting mandolin player in the world...

    When he posts on MandolinCafe, there is always a link on the front page
    NewsFetcher wishes it could give "thanks" to his posts
    A locked thread never stops him from having the last post.
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