Re: Who was the first American mandolin manufacturer?
Originally Posted by
Mandophile
re: Jim's comment about how "to produce a fancy instrument" and Carl's "little time" to produce:
......we still don't know what his first mandolin looked like. Did he copy the Neapolitan model? possibly but we should remain openminded about all possibilities.
This makes certain sense, of course, Sheri in light of this conversation. But it also reminds me of the "It might be a Larson!" jive we deal with so often here.
You do your homework, trace your first person accounts, double check your sources. When you make a presumption it is backed up by hard work.
But that is a far cry from a position of
"I think this is so because I think this is so and I dare you to prove me wrong!" which is where Mr. Oolamih is coming from.
And the "No American history writer reads French!" bs. That kind of arrogant nonsense doesn't have any place in a thoughtful conversation here.
I'm sorry I wandered in on this. Jim and Sheri and many others here are careful thinkers, readers and do their homework, so I thought I'd check out what this conversation was about. My bad.
The chances of that thing being made in what is now Illinois, Iowa, Missouri are slim and none.
Like Guillaume Le Mar said "Je ne le sais pas pour un fait mais je sais juste que c'est vrai".
But could be a Larson.
Mick
Ever tried, ever failed? No matter. Try again, fail again. Fail better.--Samuel Beckett
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