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This guy, Mandolinluthier in the South of France might have something that fits your needs. I haven't dealt with him personally, but other Cafe members have, and his reputation here is good. He's a...

One of those rare occasions, when the mystery is actually solved. Thanks for including the evidence.

benny

dunwellguitar FingerPlanes

A link to the mandolin above.

Lmii sells a bone saddle that's 5/64ths(around .080"). Yours looks thinner. If so, Tavy's approach is the way to go.

There's a right and a left side to the above attachment.

Here's one (of many) threads over at luthiers forum on use of supersoft(the preferred brand, currently). It aids in bending.

benny

From this page, go to the bottom of page, click on "post quick reply", add your text, click on insert image icon(third from right) above. Browse your computer to the pictures location, and upload...

Part of the reason the bridge is movable is historical(i.e. tradition) probably, but it does allow the player to adjust the position for best intonation. For a given bridge and set of strings, there...

I don't really understand the reluctance to loosen the strings some and do it that way. Nothing bad will happen. If you tune them down a full step, or a step and a half, it'll be relatively easy...

There's no "c" in Shmergel.

Looks like Alfredo Privitera on the label. Here is a little bit on Dave Hynds site on the history(successor to Puglisi family). Looks like more on google.

@James M.: Go to Mandozine search page enter Greensleeves( or any other title or "contains"). There's a couple thousand mando tabs there(some guitar too). The little "m" in the bottom right corner...

Frank Says: 350 gram strength compared to Lmi product 192.

Howdy Mark,
Select the note(in your case, the first note of the bar, 7th fret D string), then from the Note drop down, select grace note, then you're looking at grace note dialog. You've got 2...

Howdy all,

I am not the OP, but in the interest of historical documentation, I'll offer some photos of my Harmony Monterey. The only stamped number I can find is 1706H417. I bought it in the...

Howdy Ge,

You can get a midi over at Dave's Bach Page and run it thru tabledit to get a tef file. Like this:
149712

Might not be what you're looking for, but it's a start.

benny

Looking for this ? Also, there's Andrew Mowry's topo map for an F5 on his Download Page

Here's an Oldie but a Goodie with lots of pictures.

Here's a thread on Kasuga brand. And here's another.

Howdy Mark,
Here's a basic Mandolin version of "You are my sunshine" in D with guitar back. It requires tefview(free), a small download available here. You can turn off either track in the top...

Howdy Jim,

I got the Little Dipper CrockPot on craigslist for $5 bucks. 1 Hole for the little glue bottle, one longer hole for the (awol) dairy thermometer, two additional holes to bring the temp...

Howdy Jim,
Here's Frank Ford's Photo Essay on Nut action referenced above. It's a guitar, but the same principles apply. I use 73s myself, and I've got the E string at .006 at the first, and .050...

I expect it's primarily because there's a couple thousand mandolin tabs written on tabledit and viewable with tefview available for individual search or download in toto over at Mandozine.com.
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Howdy MB,
What I'd do in your situation is take them off the instrument, mix up some toothpaste(medium) and baking soda(polishing compound), smudge it into the gears, spin the machines(with a string...