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I have started to make a new double-top Mandolin, Flat back.
I have added some finished mandolin images at the beginning so you can see it at the end, and I will publish more as the making...

Avi Avital's recent CD, The Art of the Mandolin, receives a very positive review in the current (January 2021) issue of Gramophone. I won't quote all four paragraphs but the review begins:

"Avi...

Hi all, I was able to spot an unknown newer edition of Leone's first volume of mandolin sonatas. (First edition 1767, newer edition 1768-1774). You can read all about it on my blog post and download...

Some initial and superficial thoughts: Take advantage of how plucked strings and plectra work wherever possible. Don't be afraid to do things (like take advantage of open strings to facilitate...

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Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forum. I’ve been reading and learning so much from this site since I started playing about six years ago, such a wealth of information. I’ve just acquired a...

Just received from the British BMG Federation Committee:

"Saturday 10th October marks the 10th anniversary of the late, great British mandolin maestra Alison Stephens and you are invited to join...

I'm still having some conversations with diverse industry players on this. I'll share word as there's more, but for now, note this new word (and emboldened paragraphs) from Astute Music:

I found out about Ignatius Sancho recently after watching the BBC documentary "Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History" and discovered that he had composed music for violin, mandolin, German...

Firstly, Mandolin Cafe, thanks for being patient with a nerd like me who is probably overly excited about his first build and my most humble apologies for "over sharing" my progress as I've gone...

There are many threads about bowlback cases, I decided to update this one as the Dogal is mentioned. I just bought one, so I can add some info and photos:
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For those like me who's eagle-eyed orbs are not what they used to be:

I began practicing this piece with the pdf attached to Jim Garber's message above. This was visually difficult but I became...

For the few nerds who may care about historic mandolins, I'm hoping to digest this one more fully in the near future: Mimmo Peruffo's Aquila Corde blog entry on mandolin strings.

Just wondering if any one else has done this. I ran across someone selling vintage galalith (caseinite) poker chips on ebay. No embossing or printing, just plain chips in various shapes and colors....

Here’s my two cats in my case tonight, Mozzie and Harriet, they’re about 4 months old.
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Julien Martineau's position reminds me of some of the ways Eastern European, Balkan, and Central Asian musicians hold bowlback lutes.

https://live.staticflickr.com/5468/7232366096_336dd9de9c_b.jpg...

Holding the bowlback mandolin is part of the technique of playing it. It's easy once you learn it, but the technique might not be obvious if you haven't had occasion to be around it.

Here is Ugo...

The Ava Strings bowlback goes for about $3000 at current exchange rate.

Personally, if I were buying a brand new bowlback right now the Calace Company makes a simple model for a reasonable price....

there's a way to hold a bowlback - no strap needed - that uses 3 points of contact: the left hand on the neck, the right arm on the side of the top, and the back of the bowl against one's leg and...

By "company" do you mean the requirement is whoever is building it must have multiple employees? There are dozens of individual builders of bowlbacks and we have a list that is up-to-date, but...

Modes Made Easy
https://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/niles.html

Generally Classic bowl back mandolin in a mandolin orchestra..you would be sitting in a chair ,
with the written musical score on the music stand in front of you ..

then there was Kenny Hall, A...

Is anyone else a mandolin and wine person?

Bowlbacks and vino!

Very different senses of aesthetic. Flat-wound strings, hard-rubber plectra, warmer timbres, and an aversion to extremely bright timbres and extraneous noise are some features of the German mandolin...

https://youtu.be/NwdELWoEHiI