Re: Pre War?
Originally Posted by
Petrus
... So you could have an Antebellum (pre-U.S. Civil War) mandolin. ...
Logically yes, but in reality not likely. Mandolins were uncommon -some have said unknown- until the mass immigration of Italians w/ their bowlbacks starting in, I think, the 1880s & 90s.
(Then Orville begat the arch-top, which begat the mandolin orchestra, which begat massive sales to proper young ladies, which begat us having a nice selection of teens A-styles at affordable prices!)
For the record, Jack Black's mandolin in the "Cold Mountain" Civil War movie drew some negative comments in these parts, not for the playing but for its presence at all! Or did someone else play the mandolin?
Last edited by EdHanrahan; Oct-23-2014 at 12:31am.
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