Violin shaped mandolin from Italy
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Re: Violin shaped mandolin from Italy
Interesting, but weird!
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The kicker is that it's a flatback
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5.50 € at the time, plus 100 € for shipment
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Re: Violin shaped mandolin from Italy
Looks a bit like a cuatro or or related South American instrument.
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Could be nice with a re finish!
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Re: Violin shaped mandolin from Italy
I agree with Bertram, shipping costs way more then the 'mandolin' is worth. Nice wall hanger.
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That's the most exaggerated "volute" on the neck, that I've seen on any instrument. Looks a bit rough-and-ready, but surely a near-unique design.
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Re: Violin shaped mandolin from Italy
You mean that base for a glue-on electronic tuner?Originally Posted by allenhopkins
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For our beloved hysterical porpoises:
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Actually, I meant the "hand stop" at the base of the headstock. Many older guitars had a diamond-shaped protuberance there, presumably to tell the player where to rest the hand in "first position." These features were called "volutes."
This li'l guy has a prong that sticks out maybe more than an inch. Never seen nothin' like it, no siree Bob...
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
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Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
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Now I see it. That's more of a sword-hilt, I'll say. I guess the instrument doubles as a hand-to-hand combat weapon, and the hilt prevents it from being wrestled from your grip. Picture Bluto in Animal House trying to revive that combat technique.
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That would certainly be nothing to brag about, and could even give one a serious inferiority complex.
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