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  1. Jul-09-2010, 5:56am #1
    devonmandoman
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    Default Octave Archtop: also See CBOM

    Did Gison ever make an Octave Mandola/in?
    Info on dimensions etc.....welcome before I start a pair in Fiddleback Sycamore and Walnut
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    Default Re: Octave Archtop: also See CBOM

    They followed the tradition of orchestral instruments and made both mandola's and mandocello's. The closest thing to an octave mandolin was a Greek bouzouki and I think in the teens and 20's they were mostly being played by Greeks.
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