KM's Live Music shots has added a photo to the pool:

15th March 2019 at SOAS (Brunei Gallery), London WC1 (Amaraterra gig).

The Mandola is part of the Mandolin family. The instrument tuned an octave below the Mandolin is called an [Octave] Mandola in Europe and an Octave Mandolin in North America. The latter reseve the term Mandola for an instrument tuned a fifth below a Mandolin, which the fomer call a Tenor Mandolin. The Octave instrument is larger than the Tenor one - with a scale length of around 50-58 cm (20-23”) compared to 40-42 cm (17-18”).

The instrument in the photo carries the Ashbury brand, with instruments made in Asia (mainly Vietnam) for sale in the UK.

Mandolas/Octave Mandolins are assigned the number 321.321 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.


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From the Flickr.com Social Group "Mandolin Heaven" that contains member uploads of mandolin related subject matter.