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After 2 months i finally received the thomastik set (its called the 164 alt-mandoline) for my c g d a bowlback mandola.
The strings are too short sadly...i did put them on and they feel good and in...

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I think thomastik gauges are 13 18 28 44 but not 100% sure.
Still waiting to clarify
I am hoping 44 might sit lower in the nut as its significally lighter. Otherwise i wil have it...

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Its more or less consistently high. These are photos from D to 8veC.
I will try an angle and much lighter strings.thank you all so much

Wow 12-20-30-40 seems very light! Very happy to hear that it can work.
I am really buffled as to why my other 3 strings can play well and the bass is so off! I checked again the slots. I dont think...

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I am still struggling to get my mandola to play in tune.i am currently using a nickel wound set which from trebble to bass is
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Thats for the A D G C...

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164 says its good for up to 45cm i think..i presume that's the vibrating string length and not the overall length of the string, right?
as mine is 42ish, it should be right.

Thank you.its an old italian instrument which just had a lot of work done to it so yes, light sounds good🙂

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Could someone recommend a set of strings for my bowlback mandola?
its about 41-42 cm in string length (about 16.5 in??) and tuned C G D A
i mostly want it for classical acoustic playing.
i would...

Sadly the interview was done for the greek radio in the mid 70s and i can't find it translated.
https://youtu.be/_ntU8DwbUPM
i found it in several parts , this is the first and he starts...

Corfu, just like Crete was also under venetian rule so the mandolin remains popular as our "folk" instrument.
Regarding Douzenia bouzouki tunings :yes they are not as widely used but a lot of...

The family of pear shaped (and some# bottle shaped) bowed instruments known as Lyra in Greece (and Kemençe in Turkey) has endless variations as many instruments were made by the players themselves....

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First of all,Anastasios died in 1915 so this would have been made while the company was ran by Epi, his son. By that time, the once small studio of Anastasios was transformed into a big...

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I am based in London UK.I trained as a viola player and i now divide my time between a ballet orchestra and a small conductor-less chamber orchestra.
I usually cover...

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I don't specialize in mandolin but I have played bowlbacks since I was a child back in Greece, and now, as a member of an orchestra, i often double on mandolin, which I...

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Wolle, not wool:)

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I have just ordered a few Wolle mandolin picks. I wanted to try them on my bowlback.
The seller says they need to be treated/polished before playing.
Could anyone help me with that please? I am not...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DBn_ph2-ac

Abbado+Berlin Phil use 3 players for the part and you can certainly hear them (and see them, as the director filming the concert had a...

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Yes I am aware that there are cues of other instruments.
it is the amount of perfect fifths in the first 6 bars of the mandolin part that make me wonder. Especially the...

Hello, I am looking at Mahler, Song of the Earth, mandolin part in the 4th movement.
Does anyone know if this was written for standard tuning?
it is playable but it looks like that the notes that...

Giannis wrote an interesting article some time ago about ioannes and anastasios being relatives. if i remember correctly:although there is no definite proof yet,there is evidence that they were...

wow, an interesting project. I don't know what else would be interesting to share. Peristeris was born right at the start of the 20th century in Ismir (or smyrni) and was educated in Istanbul. His...

Cool!i'd love to hear the double low D sound,i might try it in mine.
Yes,not many greek bouzoukis made it to the UK.having said that,in the last 3years i found a top from a ruined body and more...

Samuelian perhaps wasn't even the maker of this instrument. The label reads: Music Shop, Samuelian, Athens ..etc.
it doesn't actually say it was built by him...
It was common practice at the time...