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    Re: Waldzither?

    What do you want to know?

    I've got the strings and the peghead is totally rust free, there is one smaller crack at the lower right of the top but it has been fixed and is stable.

    The top and...
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    Re: Waldzither?

    I am just this moment restoring a Böhm with glasbridge and it's for sale but I just have a problem with a few spots in the shellac. I even have a key for it, which is always missing.

    It's in...
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    Re: Strap for bowl back

    I add a sticky mat(meant for car dashboards) to stop it from moving and tilting and just sit with it.

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  4. Re: Is there a treatment or cure for checking finishes

    In the guitar world there are som peoples that like crazing so much, they freeze their instruments and then heat them, to produce it. It usually happens with Nitrocellulose Lacquer used a lot in th...
  5. Re: D'Addario Micro Headstock vs Micro Clip Free tuners

    I´ve never seen that. Where do you find it?
  6. Re: D'Addario Micro Headstock vs Micro Clip Free tuners

    I have a "hidden" tuner on a banjo, but only because it was on offer and it really only fitted the banjo.

    If you use the D'Addarios no one will keep you from placing it under the head.

    I think...
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    Re: Results of member search

    Meaning??
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    Re: Help cleating top crack

    Here is my take on this, with pointer.
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    Re: Help dating an old Sicilian mandolin

    Look up other well documented Italian mandolins from 1890 to 1920 and the wood types are probably the same for yours.
    Also the endpiece and tuners. Those things didn't vary very much within the...
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    Re: Alternatives to EJ-74

    OT but buy to stock whenever you find a discount. That way you'll never runout and all your strings are discounted :-)
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    Re: new trend?

    People also come here to find information, I guess that is also why the threads are kept and not deleted and I find it good internet manners to contribute where you have found help. Be it in an old...
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    Re: Strad-O-Lin neck joint revealed

    Can we see the tortoise piece, please?
  13. Re: What would you pay for this Meinel & Herold bowlback?

    Yes people range Puglisis just a 2. after Calaces, Emberghers etc. but they are still old and might need some TLC

    For everyday I bought a 1980s Suzuki MR-200 at a good price and it was almost as...
  14. Re: What would you pay for this Meinel & Herold bowlback?

    That's a nice looking mandolin. You don't have to do anything to the scratches but the bowl has at least one cracked seam, so probably(a lot) more, which is difficult to fix.

    I have restored a lot...
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    Re: Mandolins too twangy

    I just made a set of picks with different shaped points. Teflon is so slippery, that I glued the friction tape to it, before I cut it out.


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    Re: Help in finishing my mandolins

    Try looking into Hunting shops. It's used for gunstocks all over Europa

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Tru+oil&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

    And in Polen
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    Re: Mandolins too twangy

    Yes, Nylgut was developed by Aquila as an alternative to gutstrings but wih similar sound.(please no pro et contra war :-) )
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    Re: nut height for an octave mandolin

    Yes the strings and grooves should be at or slightly higher than the first fret. The top of the nut is for you to decide.
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    Re: Need suppliers in Europe

    Madinter in Spain even have some Stewmac parts, don't know about mandolin parts though.
  20. Re: Do you know the name of this instrument from a shop i Paragua

    I never found out what it was, so I didn't bid on it. Someone else bought it.
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    Re: Polishing/buffing picks

    I finish the picks by "playing" a metal nailfile with the pick at a slight angle to bevel the pick.
  22. Re: Do you know the name of this instrument from a shop i Paragua

    I had another reply from a Paragyayan store. He thought it is a one off Charango, made to measure but the Charangos I've seen all have 10 strings in 5 courses.

    I guess it could be tuned as guitar...
  23. Re: Do you know the name of this instrument from a shop i Paragua

    Oooh ist it?

    But that Paraguayan didn't know that, so he wrote Ukelele to me :))
  24. Re: Do you know the name of this instrument from a shop i Paragua

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  25. Re: Do you know the name of this instrument from a shop i Paragua

    The shop just responded but I'm afraid the guy really doesn't know.

    First he called it a Ukele

    After more pictures he called it a charango de madera but google can't confirm that

    Asked how...
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