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Here are a few photos to help answer questions about the dots. They look like clay to me but I'm not entirely sure how one would determine what was dot and what was glue or filler. I didn't see any...

oops, I have been busy doing other things. I'll try to get you a measurement this weekend and post it. I may put this instrument in the classifieds section since I don't play it much. It's nice to...

Oops, sorry to be late on the response. I haven't been here in a while. I will see if I can find out what material the dots are and try to get a good photo to post. The link Spruce provided on dot...

Unfortunately I have not practiced enough to wear fingerprints off but there IS an art to getting your hands and finger tips "squeeky" clean. Even soft water can mess up the grippyness of your...

Thanks Boni. It's a nice looking instrument.

I bought this mandolin several years back. Does anyone know the luthier, Forrest Keith? His name, location, and date are inked inside the instrument. There are joins that have minor gaps and some...

This guy has a bigger setup than mine. He and I shared some ideas and played a few duets...there are bookoos of wineglass videos on Youtube. Mine is only unique in its mandolin/violin layout, tuned...

I forget who/where but there is a company that will build you a nested bowl glass armonica similar to the one in the video you posted. My hat is off to Benjamin Franklin because he didn't have a...

One more photo of my current setup. The notes are GDAE at the left and each row of glasses is laid out like fretting a mandolin string. The notes on the far right are flats of the leftmost note on...

Those photos are of the latest version. Originally, I mounted the glasses on rotating spindles driven by a pully system and a windshield wiper motor. The tone was continuous and you could play...

I KNEW someone would ask for a sound clip. I have a rough one but the file is huge and I don't have the right stuff to make one in a better format. It sounds a bit like an accordian that had a bell...

Here is something I did a while back. I based the layout on the mandolin so I think it kinda fits the mandolin forum...kinda, sorta. I saw a guy play wineglasses at a Rennaissance festival one...

Boni, do you know how much this instrument is being offered for? I didn't see it on the link you posted earlier.

Rocky, no, I haven't had intonation issues but I have noticed you have to be careful to apply enough pressure to the fret so you fully depress the smaller diameter string with the heavier wound sting...

Just catching up here and still "stuck" on the honey locust. We have those in Texas too and I have cut a few down with an axe. Sure seems like it would be good stout carving wood, except for the...

Bill, hmmm, maybe I was reading that wrong. Maybe this is becoming "Exotic Alternative Woods"

This is an old thread but here is a post I made in a different forum that probably belongs here.

I'm so busy remodeling my kitchen that I may never get to try luthier work but I keep thinking I'm...

I'm so busy remodeling my kitchen that I may never get to try luthier work but I keep thinking I'm working with a wood that would be great for instruments. The wood is kumaru, or Brazillian teak and...

Cool, there HAVE to be lots of folks doing it since it's simple. I thought I would try it for fun and then return to default but I just can't see going back. I need to post the name and location of...

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I enjoyed seeing someone play a bouzouki recently and it intrigued me because it has more neck but can be tuned like a mandolin. I decided to try tuning my mandolin like a bouzouki or a 12-string...

I got a very nice response from Fender today. I really appreciate Fender's time to respond to my request and I think it shows a very good quality that we hope to find in all companies we do business...

I have never seen or heard of a mandolietto. How is it tuned? Mandolins are great instruments and it's interesting how many variations have been created. Some day I want a five (or ten) string...

I would like to think Fender has kept records of custom orders if not their routine productions. It HAS been a long time and who knows how their order books were organized but I'm trying to be...

I took a few more photos, trying to get the lighting right...

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