If one were going to try out (and perhaps buy) a piccolo mandolin (tuned CGDA, same as a mandola, but an octave higher), any ideas how/where one might do this?
I've looked at the inventories at the usual places we see discussed on the Cafe's forum, but didn't see anything (altho perhaps I haven't looked thoroughly enough; would love to be proven wrong!).
Through google I have found a few luthiers that make them (links below), but I'm wondering if you have to special order these, or does anyone sell them off the shelf? Am just concerned that a luthier might be an expensive way to go for a type of instrument that I've never played. Not that a luthier is necessarily out of the question, but I guess I'm wondering if there's a way to test the waters before commissioning something. Thanks bb
http://www.blackmandolins.com/piccolo-mandolins.html
http://www.campanellastrings.com/piccolo-mandolin
http://www.wiensmandolins.com/instruments.htm
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