Bowlbacks of Note

[BillWilliams]

Jim, they were all jpgs I uploaded from my computer and did show up normally in the preview.
Strange.

Ah ... just managed to edit my post and uploaded them all one by one again - all good it seems

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Except, now I see my memory failed me as it wasn't the Didone10 string that had the Exhibition award label. I will track down the other post that featured the label that I remembered - I recall commenting on it in a reply.

[BillWilliams]

OK, just checked the Didone thread and while it doesn't mention the Naples Labor Exhibition on the label itself, it was reported in an Italian newspaper of the time:


SCUOLA DI MANDOLiNO
Il maestro Nicola Didone, in-
ventore del nuoto mandolino a
5 corde, brevettato e premiato
con medaglia d'oro alla esposi-
zione di Napoli, garantisce far
suonare col detto istrumento qua-
lunque pezzo di musica scritta
per violino, con soli sei mesi di
scuola. Discreto prezzo - Via Ca-
pocci 22 int, 7.

[brunello97]

Thanks, Bill.

"Il maestro Nicola Didone, inventore del nuoto mandolino a 5 corde..."

This ought to turn over an apple cart or two in an ongoing discussion elsewhere at the MC on the "true identify" of the mandolin.

Mick