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    Re: links to abc/gif or pdf files?

    The Montreal Session Tunebook (just google that) is a great resource that includes Quebecois stuff but also tunes from many other sources. I'm not sure how easy it would be to whittle it down to...
  2. Thread: Classifides

    by morgan
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    Re: Classifides

    In response to urobouros above, the Music Emporium offers 48 hour returns less 5% "restocking" fee. Elderly appears to have a 10-day return policy. Gruhns has a 24-hour return policy. I think...
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    Re: A Bad Day at the Bandsaw

    I had steeled myself to read a tale of severed digits, painful recovery, and learning to play with four fingers. I was happy to see it's just a crappy headstock!
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    Re: Damman Mandocello

    I believe the price was $1500
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    Re: Howe-Orme Model Specs

    Thank you for this. It requires some squinting to sort out the differences in the models. I've never seen the top-end pearl fretboard model with the fancy peghead inlay, but I think they're elegant...
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    Re: What's your new fiddle tune?

    Thanks for the improved versions of the sheet music. I searched for this tune on the web and found nothing, but should have figured the John Chambers collection would have it! (I play with John...
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    Re: What's your new fiddle tune?

    Downe's Waltz. This wacky and challenging ditty is from the Oliver Ditson Boston Collection of Instrumental Music, ca. 1850. It's in the public domain so a shot of the sheet music is provided.

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    Damman Mandocello

    Facebook marketplace in Grafton MA lists a Damman 10-string Mandocello, with the sound hole on the side:
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    Re: Average cost for Mandolin set up

    Well, here's a data point for you. I just paid $150 for a setup from a well-regarded mandolin builder on an old, quality mando I purchased recently. This included re-fitting the bridge to the arch...
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    Re: Fletcher tenor guitars?

    I've never heard of him before reading this thread, but this may be the video fox refers to:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8aSL-QQMjk&t=47s
    Sound quality on the video isn't great, but the...
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    Re: Metsäkukkia - Finnish waltz

    Although I am not a Finn, I play mandolin in a Finnish band in north central MA/southern NH, which has a substantial Finn population. Metsakukkia, which reportedly translates to "Woodland Flowers",...
  12. Thread: Humidifier

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    Re: Humidifier

    I keep something like this in the cases of all my instruments. The size of the jar depends on the space available in the case. It has a full kitchen sponge jammed into it. I used to cap the jars...
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    Re: Consignment Advice

    I just received a marketing email from the Music Emporium which indicates that "We generally consign at 25% for instruments valued from $3,500- $12,500." This is an increase from the 20% that they...
  14. Re: Mandolins are 2-3x more than equivelent guitars?

    I'm not in the guitar market and have no preconceived notions about this question. Out of curiosity I just looked at the Music Emporium website for pricing range on their acoustic guitars and...
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    Re: Ohio Heritage Fellow : Don Macrostie

    Love it. Thanks for posting
  16. Re: Opinions on the Thomann (or other cheap) mandocellos?

    Not sure how much it matters, but the Artimusica model appears to be a 7-string with only one bass string.
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    Re: Single coil upgrade suggestions?

    Belmuse mandolins makes custom pickups. I have not heard them
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    Re: Interesting F2 (F4)

    I suppose I should let the OP answer for himself, but it appears to me that he hoped to get lucky with a $4k bid for a mando that is worth substantially more than that, and when he got outbid he...
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    Re: Need info on a Barcus-Berry pickup

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    One of these? I received one of these as a gift ca 1988, found it in a drawer about 10 yrs ago, and stuck it on an old flatback that I use as a travel mandolin because you never know when...
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    Re: Venuti transcriptions book

    This Venuti/George Barnes album is an old favorite

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Kn8PbdGXQ&t=500s
  21. Thread: Love for Ovals

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    Re: Love for Ovals

    If you are interested in the Lyon & Healy mandolins, Bernunzios has just put two Model Cs on sale. The Cs do not have the two points of As and Bs and so (to my eyes, anyway) don't look quite as...
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    Re: Clip-on mic vs Removable Pickup

    I played in an alt country band with high ambient noise levels (drums, electric bass, bar settings). I got an AT Pro 35 but eventually got frustrated with it because I knocked it out of position so...
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    Re: Etiquette for buying a mandolin on-line

    As an (infrequent) buyer and seller of on-line used instruments, I expect to provide and receive a 48-hour approval period and you are certainly not out of line in asking for one. If your seller...
  24. Re: Lyon and Healy Tailpieces: Differences Pre- and Post- Patent

    Resurrecting an old thread here...

    The initial post of this thread identifies three kinds of L&H tailpieces, the first of which is:

    "Very early tailpieces with the prototype tailpiece cover. I...
  25. Re: Any others here that started their mandolin/instrument later

    I started in my mid-20s with virtually no musical background, put it down after a few years and started again in my late 30s. You'll probably never catch up with the whiz kid Sam Bushes and Sierra...
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