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> Mandolins evolved from the Lute family in Italy
>during the 17th -18th centuries,
>and the deep bowled mandolin produced particularly in
>Naples became
>a common type in the19th century.
>The original instrument was the mandola ( mandorla is
>almond in Italian and
>describes the instrument body shape) and evolved in
>the 15th century from the lute.
>A later, smaller mandola was developed and became
>known as a mandolina.
>
>The 20th century saw the rise in popularity of the
>mandolin for celtic, bluegrass,
>jazz and classical styles.
>Much of the development of the mandolin from
>neapolitan bowl back
>to the flat back style is thanks to Orville Gibson
>(1856 - 1918)
>and Lloyd Loar, his chief designer.
>Further back, around 15,000 - 8,000 BC, single
>stringed instruments have
>been seen in cave paintings. They were bowed, struck
>and plucked.
>From these, the families of instruments developed.
>Single strings were long
>and gave a single melody line. To shorten the scale
>length (see more ..),
>other strings were added with a different tension so
>one string took over
>where another left off. In turn, this led to diads and
>chords (see chords).
>The bowed family became the rabob, rebec and then the
>fiddle becoming
>the violin and modern family by 1520 (incidentally
>also in Naples).
>The plucked family led to lute-like instruments in
>2000 BC Mesopotamia,
>and developed into the Oud or Ud before appearing in
>Spain in 711 courtesy of the Moors.
>
>Over the next centuries, frets were added and the
>strings doubled to courses
>leading to the first Lute appearing in the 13th
>Century.
>The history of the Lute and the Mandolin are
>intertwined from this point.
>The Lute gained a 5th course by the 15th century, a
>6th a century later and up to
>13 courses in its heyday. As early as the 14th century
>a miniature Lute or Mandora appeared.
>Similar to the mandola, it had counterparts in Arab
>countries (Dambura) and Assyria (Pandura).
>From this, the Mandolino (a small gut strung Mandola
>with 6 strings tuned g b e' a' d'' g''
>sometimes called the Baroque Mandolin and played with
>a quill, wooden plectrum or finger-style) was
>developed in several places in Italy but seems to have
>became known as the Mandolin in early 18th century
>(around 1735) Naples.
>
>The 'modern' often termed Neapolitan mandolin
>(bowl-back, 4 course paired metal strings) appeared
>about 100 years later in around 1830.
>The style was adopted and developed by others, notably
>in Rome giving two distinct but similar types of
>mandolin - Neapolitan and Roman. many of the best
>players chose the Roman made mandolins. The
>development of the Mandolino in Rome seems to have
>followed a slightly different course from that in
>Naples with many innovations of the Mandolina and
>later the Mandolin.
>
>Classic 'modern' mandolins were made by the Vinaccia
>family (mid-1700s onwards) in direct continuance from
>their mandolinos and Calace (1863 - onwards) in Naples
>and Luigi Embergher (1856 - 1943), Ferrari family
>(1716 - onwards also originally mandolino makers) and
>De Santi (1834 - 1916) in Rome.
>It is widely accepted that the evolution of the
>mandolin to the modern style is attributed to the
>Vinaccia family.
>
>Mandolins became very popular and many lower grades
>were produced
>so that tourists (on the Grand Tour) could take home a
>mandolin.
>Often these were only fit to hang on walls as
>souvenirs and were brought back in their thousands.
>Some are playable but none match the workmanship and
>playability of the great makers.
>
>
>
>© Paul Slater 2001 contact paul@banjolin.supanet.com
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> Mandolins evolved from the Lute family in Italy
>during the 17th -18th centuries,
>and the deep bowled mandolin produced particularly in
>Naples became
>a common type in the19th century.
>The original instrument was the mandola ( mandorla is
>almond in Italian and
>describes the instrument body shape) and evolved in
>the 15th century from the lute.
>A later, smaller mandola was developed and became
>known as a mandolina.
>
>The 20th century saw the rise in popularity of the
>mandolin for celtic, bluegrass,
>jazz and classical styles.
>Much of the development of the mandolin from
>neapolitan bowl back
>to the flat back style is thanks to Orville Gibson
>(1856 - 1918)
>and Lloyd Loar, his chief designer.
>Further back, around 15,000 - 8,000 BC, single
>stringed instruments have
>been seen in cave paintings. They were bowed, struck
>and plucked.
>From these, the families of instruments developed.
>Single strings were long
>and gave a single melody line. To shorten the scale
>length (see more ..),
>other strings were added with a different tension so
>one string took over
>where another left off. In turn, this led to diads and
>chords (see chords).
>The bowed family became the rabob, rebec and then the
>fiddle becoming
>the violin and modern family by 1520 (incidentally
>also in Naples).
>The plucked family led to lute-like instruments in
>2000 BC Mesopotamia,
>and developed into the Oud or Ud before appearing in
>Spain in 711 courtesy of the Moors.
>
>Over the next centuries, frets were added and the
>strings doubled to courses
>leading to the first Lute appearing in the 13th
>Century.
>The history of the Lute and the Mandolin are
>intertwined from this point.
>The Lute gained a 5th course by the 15th century, a
>6th a century later and up to
>13 courses in its heyday. As early as the 14th century
>a miniature Lute or Mandora appeared.
>Similar to the mandola, it had counterparts in Arab
>countries (Dambura) and Assyria (Pandura).
>From this, the Mandolino (a small gut strung Mandola
>with 6 strings tuned g b e' a' d'' g''
>sometimes called the Baroque Mandolin and played with
>a quill, wooden plectrum or finger-style) was
>developed in several places in Italy but seems to have
>became known as the Mandolin in early 18th century
>(around 1735) Naples.
>
>The 'modern' often termed Neapolitan mandolin
>(bowl-back, 4 course paired metal strings) appeared
>about 100 years later in around 1830.
>The style was adopted and developed by others, notably
>in Rome giving two distinct but similar types of
>mandolin - Neapolitan and Roman. many of the best
>players chose the Roman made mandolins. The
>development of the Mandolino in Rome seems to have
>followed a slightly different course from that in
>Naples with many innovations of the Mandolina and
>later the Mandolin.
>
>Classic 'modern' mandolins were made by the Vinaccia
>family (mid-1700s onwards) in direct continuance from
>their mandolinos and Calace (1863 - onwards) in Naples
>and Luigi Embergher (1856 - 1943), Ferrari family
>(1716 - onwards also originally mandolino makers) and
>De Santi (1834 - 1916) in Rome.
>It is widely accepted that the evolution of the
>mandolin to the modern style is attributed to the
>Vinaccia family.
>
>Mandolins became very popular and many lower grades
>were produced
>so that tourists (on the Grand Tour) could take home a
>mandolin.
>Often these were only fit to hang on walls as
>souvenirs and were brought back in their thousands.
>Some are playable but none match the workmanship and
>playability of the great makers.
>
>
>
>© Paul Slater 2001 contact paul@banjolin.supanet.com
>
>Mandolin Family of Instruments
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> Mandolins evolved from the Lute family in Italy
>during the 17th -18th centuries,
>and the deep bowled mandolin produced particularly in
>Naples became
>a common type in the19th century.
>The original instrument was the mandola ( mandorla is
>almond in Italian and
>describes the instrument body shape) and evolved in
>the 15th century from the lute.
>A later, smaller mandola was developed and became
>known as a mandolina.
>
>The 20th century saw the rise in popularity of the
>mandolin for celtic, bluegrass,
>jazz and classical styles.
>Much of the development of the mandolin from
>neapolitan bowl back
>to the flat back style is thanks to Orville Gibson
>(1856 - 1918)
>and Lloyd Loar, his chief designer.
>Further back, around 15,000 - 8,000 BC, single
>stringed instruments have
>been seen in cave paintings. They were bowed, struck
>and plucked.
>From these, the families of instruments developed.
>Single strings were long
>and gave a single melody line. To shorten the scale
>length (see more ..),
>other strings were added with a different tension so
>one string took over
>where another left off. In turn, this led to diads and
>chords (see chords).
>The bowed family became the rabob, rebec and then the
>fiddle becoming
>the violin and modern family by 1520 (incidentally
>also in Naples).
>The plucked family led to lute-like instruments in
>2000 BC Mesopotamia,
>and developed into the Oud or Ud before appearing in
>Spain in 711 courtesy of the Moors.
>
>Over the next centuries, frets were added and the
>strings doubled to courses
>leading to the first Lute appearing in the 13th
>Century.
>The history of the Lute and the Mandolin are
>intertwined from this point.
>The Lute gained a 5th course by the 15th century, a
>6th a century later and up to
>13 courses in its heyday. As early as the 14th century
>a miniature Lute or Mandora appeared.
>Similar to the mandola, it had counterparts in Arab
>countries (Dambura) and Assyria (Pandura).
>From this, the Mandolino (a small gut strung Mandola
>with 6 strings tuned g b e' a' d'' g''
>sometimes called the Baroque Mandolin and played with
>a quill, wooden plectrum or finger-style) was
>developed in several places in Italy but seems to have
>became known as the Mandolin in early 18th century
>(around 1735) Naples.
>
>The 'modern' often termed Neapolitan mandolin
>(bowl-back, 4 course paired metal strings) appeared
>about 100 years later in around 1830.
>The style was adopted and developed by others, notably
>in Rome giving two distinct but similar types of
>mandolin - Neapolitan and Roman. many of the best
>players chose the Roman made mandolins. The
>development of the Mandolino in Rome seems to have
>followed a slightly different course from that in
>Naples with many innovations of the Mandolina and
>later the Mandolin.
>
>Classic 'modern' mandolins were made by the Vinaccia
>family (mid-1700s onwards) in direct continuance from
>their mandolinos and Calace (1863 - onwards) in Naples
>and Luigi Embergher (1856 - 1943), Ferrari family
>(1716 - onwards also originally mandolino makers) and
>De Santi (1834 - 1916) in Rome.
>It is widely accepted that the evolution of the
>mandolin to the modern style is attributed to the
>Vinaccia family.
>
>Mandolins became very popular and many lower grades
>were produced
>so that tourists (on the Grand Tour) could take home a
>mandolin.
>Often these were only fit to hang on walls as
>souvenirs and were brought back in their thousands.
>Some are playable but none match the workmanship and
>playability of the great makers.
>
>
>
>© Paul Slater 2001 contact paul@banjolin.supanet.com
>
>Mandolin Family of Instruments
>[ Gallery of Instruments ] [ Gallery 2 ] [ How to Play
>the Mandolin Family ]
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>
>More ..
> Mandolins evolved from the Lute family in Italy
>during the 17th -18th centuries,
>and the deep bowled mandolin produced particularly in
>Naples became
>a common type in the19th century.
>The original instrument was the mandola ( mandorla is
>almond in Italian and
>describes the instrument body shape) and evolved in
>the 15th century from the lute.
>A later, smaller mandola was developed and became
>known as a mandolina.
>
>The 20th century saw the rise in popularity of the
>mandolin for celtic, bluegrass,
>jazz and classical styles.
>Much of the development of the mandolin from
>neapolitan bowl back
>to the flat back style is thanks to Orville Gibson
>(1856 - 1918)
>and Lloyd Loar, his chief designer.
>Further back, around 15,000 - 8,000 BC, single
>stringed instruments have
>been seen in cave paintings. They were bowed, struck
>and plucked.
>From these, the families of instruments developed.
>Single strings were long
>and gave a single melody line. To shorten the scale
>length (see more ..),
>other strings were added with a different tension so
>one string took over
>where another left off. In turn, this led to diads and
>chords (see chords).
>The bowed family became the rabob, rebec and then the
>fiddle becoming
>the violin and modern family by 1520 (incidentally
>also in Naples).
>The plucked family led to lute-like instruments in
>2000 BC Mesopotamia,
>and developed into the Oud or Ud before appearing in
>Spain in 711 courtesy of the Moors.
>
>Over the next centuries, frets were added and the
>strings doubled to courses
>leading to the first Lute appearing in the 13th
>Century.
>The history of the Lute and the Mandolin are
>intertwined from this point.
>The Lute gained a 5th course by the 15th century, a
>6th a century later and up to
>13 courses in its heyday. As early as the 14th century
>a miniature Lute or Mandora appeared.
>Similar to the mandola, it had counterparts in Arab
>countries (Dambura) and Assyria (Pandura).
>From this, the Mandolino (a small gut strung Mandola
>with 6 strings tuned g b e' a' d'' g''
>sometimes called the Baroque Mandolin and played with
>a quill, wooden plectrum or finger-style) was
>developed in several places in Italy but seems to have
>became known as the Mandolin in early 18th century
>(around 1735) Naples.
>
>The 'modern' often termed Neapolitan mandolin
>(bowl-back, 4 course paired metal strings) appeared
>about 100 years later in around 1830.
>The style was adopted and developed by others, notably
>in Rome giving two distinct but similar types of
>mandolin - Neapolitan and Roman. many of the best
>players chose the Roman made mandolins. The
>development of the Mandolino in Rome seems to have
>followed a slightly different course from that in
>Naples with many innovations of the Mandolina and
>later the Mandolin.
>
>Classic 'modern' mandolins were made by the Vinaccia
>family (mid-1700s onwards) in direct continuance from
>their mandolinos and Calace (1863 - onwards) in Naples
>and Luigi Embergher (1856 - 1943), Ferrari family
>(1716 - onwards also originally mandolino makers) and
>De Santi (1834 - 1916) in Rome.
>It is widely accepted that the evolution of the
>mandolin to the modern style is attributed to the
>Vinaccia family.
>
>Mandolins became very popular and many lower grades
>were produced
>so that tourists (on the Grand Tour) could take home a
>mandolin.
>Often these were only fit to hang on walls as
>souvenirs and were brought back in their thousands.
>Some are playable but none match the workmanship and
>playability of the great makers.
>
>
>
>© Paul Slater 2001 contact paul@banjolin.supanet.com
>
>
>
>
>Mandolin Family of Instruments
>[ Gallery of Instruments ] [ Gallery 2 ] [ How to Play
>the Mandolin Family ]
>Instruments
>and playing
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>Chords
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>
>
>
>
>More ..
> Mandolins evolved from the Lute family in Italy
>during the 17th -18th centuries,
>and the deep bowled mandolin produced particularly in
>Naples became
>a common type in the19th century.
>The original instrument was the mandola ( mandorla is
>almond in Italian and
>describes the instrument body shape) and evolved in
>the 15th century from the lute.
>A later, smaller mandola was developed and became
>known as a mandolina.
>
>The 20th century saw the rise in popularity of the
>mandolin for celtic, bluegrass,
>jazz and classical styles.
>Much of the development of the mandolin from
>neapolitan bowl back
>to the flat back style is thanks to Orville Gibson
>(1856 - 1918)
>and Lloyd Loar, his chief designer.
>Further back, around 15,000 - 8,000 BC, single
>stringed instruments have
>been seen in cave paintings. They were bowed, struck
>and plucked.
>From these, the families of instruments developed.
>Single strings were long
>and gave a single melody line. To shorten the scale
>length (see more ..),
>other strings were added with a different tension so
>one string took over
>where another left off. In turn, this led to diads and
>chords (see chords).
>The bowed family became the rabob, rebec and then the
>fiddle becoming
>the violin and modern family by 1520 (incidentally
>also in Naples).
>The plucked family led to lute-like instruments in
>2000 BC Mesopotamia,
>and developed into the Oud or Ud before appearing in
>Spain in 711 courtesy of the Moors.
>
>Over the next centuries, frets were added and the
>strings doubled to courses
>leading to the first Lute appearing in the 13th
>Century.
>The history of the Lute and the Mandolin are
>intertwined from this point.
>The Lute gained a 5th course by the 15th century, a
>6th a century later and up to
>13 courses in its heyday. As early as the 14th century
>a miniature Lute or Mandora appeared.
>Similar to the mandola, it had counterparts in Arab
>countries (Dambura) and Assyria (Pandura).
>From this, the Mandolino (a small gut strung Mandola
>with 6 strings tuned g b e' a' d'' g''
>sometimes called the Baroque Mandolin and played with
>a quill, wooden plectrum or finger-style) was
>developed in several places in Italy but seems to have
>became known as the Mandolin in early 18th century
>(around 1735) Naples.
>
>The 'modern' often termed Neapolitan mandolin
>(bowl-back, 4 course paired metal strings) appeared
>about 100 years later in around 1830.
>The style was adopted and developed by others, notably
>in Rome giving two distinct but similar types of
>mandolin - Neapolitan and Roman. many of the best
>players chose the Roman made mandolins. The
>development of the Mandolino in Rome seems to have
>followed a slightly different course from that in
>Naples with many innovations of the Mandolina and
>later the Mandolin.
>
>Classic 'modern' mandolins were made by the Vinaccia
>family (mid-1700s onwards) in direct continuance from
>their mandolinos and Calace (1863 - onwards) in Naples
>and Luigi Embergher (1856 - 1943), Ferrari family
>(1716 - onwards also originally mandolino makers) and
>De Santi (1834 - 1916) in Rome.
>It is widely accepted that the evolution of the
>mandolin to the modern style is attributed to the
>Vinaccia family.
>
>Mandolins became very popular and many lower grades
>were produced
>so that tourists (on the Grand Tour) could take home a
>mandolin.
>Often these were only fit to hang on walls as
>souvenirs and were brought back in their thousands.
>Some are playable but none match the workmanship and
>playability of the great makers.
>
>
>
>© Paul Slater 2001 contact paul@banjolin.supanet.com
>
>
>
>
>
>Mandolin Family of Instruments
>[ Gallery of Instruments ] [ Gallery 2 ] [ How to Play
>the Mandolin Family ]
>Instruments
>and playing
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>
>
>
>
>More ..
> Mandolins evolved from the Lute family in Italy
>during the 17th -18th centuries,
>and the deep bowled mandolin produced particularly in
>Naples became
>a common type in the19th century.
>The original instrument was the mandola ( mandorla is
>almond in Italian and
>describes the instrument body shape) and evolved in
>the 15th century from the lute.
>A later, smaller mandola was developed and became
>known as a mandolina.
>
>The 20th century saw the rise in popularity of the
>mandolin for celtic, bluegrass,
>jazz and classical styles.
>Much of the development of the mandolin from
>neapolitan bowl back
>to the flat back style is thanks to Orville Gibson
>(1856 - 1918)
>and Lloyd Loar, his chief designer.
>Further back, around 15,000 - 8,000 BC, single
>stringed instruments have
>been seen in cave paintings. They were bowed, struck
>and plucked.
>From these, the families of instruments developed.
>Single strings were long
>and gave a single melody line. To shorten the scale
>length (see more ..),
>other strings were added with a different tension so
>one string took over
>where another left off. In turn, this led to diads and
>chords (see chords).
>The bowed family became the rabob, rebec and then the
>fiddle becoming
>the violin and modern family by 1520 (incidentally
>also in Naples).
>The plucked family led to lute-like instruments in
>2000 BC Mesopotamia,
>and developed into the Oud or Ud before appearing in
>Spain in 711 courtesy of the Moors.
>
>Over the next centuries, frets were added and the
>strings doubled to courses
>leading to the first Lute appearing in the 13th
>Century.
>The history of the Lute and the Mandolin are
>intertwined from this point.
>The Lute gained a 5th course by the 15th century, a
>6th a century later and up to
>13 courses in its heyday. As early as the 14th century
>a miniature Lute or Mandora appeared.
>Similar to the mandola, it had counterparts in Arab
>countries (Dambura) and Assyria (Pandura).
>From this, the Mandolino (a small gut strung Mandola
>with 6 strings tuned g b e' a' d'' g''
>sometimes called the Baroque Mandolin and played with
>a quill, wooden plectrum or finger-style) was
>developed in several places in Italy but seems to have
>became known as the Mandolin in early 18th century
>(around 1735) Naples.
>
>The 'modern' often termed Neapolitan mandolin
>(bowl-back, 4 course paired metal strings) appeared
>about 100 years later in around 1830.
>The style was adopted and developed by others, notably
>in Rome giving two distinct but similar types of
>mandolin - Neapolitan and Roman. many of the best
>players chose the Roman made mandolins. The
>development of the Mandolino in Rome seems to have
>followed a slightly different course from that in
>Naples with many innovations of the Mandolina and
>later the Mandolin.
>
>Classic 'modern' mandolins were made by the Vinaccia
>family (mid-1700s onwards) in direct continuance from
>their mandolinos and Calace (1863 - onwards) in Naples
>and Luigi Embergher (1856 - 1943), Ferrari family
>(1716 - onwards also originally mandolino makers) and
>De Santi (1834 - 1916) in Rome.
>It is widely accepted that the evolution of the
>mandolin to the modern style is attributed to the
>Vinaccia family.
>
>Mandolins became very popular and many lower grades
>were produced
>so that tourists (on the Grand Tour) could take home a
>mandolin.
>Often these were only fit to hang on walls as
>souvenirs and were brought back in their thousands.
>Some are playable but none match the workmanship and
>playability of the great makers.
>
>
>
>© Paul Slater 2001 contact paul@banjolin.supanet.com
>
>
>
>
>Mandolin Family of Instruments
>[ Gallery of Instruments ] [ Gallery 2 ] [ How to Play
>the Mandolin Family ]
>Instruments
>and playing
>Tunes
>Chords
>Scales and Modes
>Links
>
>
>
>
>More ..
> Mandolins evolved from the Lute family in Italy
>during the 17th -18th centuries,
>and the deep bowled mandolin produced particularly in
>Naples became
>a common type in the19th century.
>The original instrument was the mandola ( mandorla is
>almond in Italian and
>describes the instrument body shape) and evolved in
>the 15th century from the lute.
>A later, smaller mandola was developed and became
>known as a mandolina.
>
>The 20th century saw the rise in popularity of the
>mandolin for celtic, bluegrass,
>jazz and classical styles.
>Much of the development of the mandolin from
>neapolitan bowl back
>to the flat back style is thanks to Orville Gibson
>(1856 - 1918)
>and Lloyd Loar, his chief designer.
>Further back, around 15,000 - 8,000 BC, single
>stringed instruments have
>been seen in cave paintings. They were bowed, struck
>and plucked.
>From these, the families of instruments developed.
>Single strings were long
>and gave a single melody line. To shorten the scale
>length (see more ..),
>other strings were added with a different tension so
>one string took over
>where another left off. In turn, this led to diads and
>chords (see chords).
>The bowed family became the rabob, rebec and then the
>fiddle becoming
>the violin and modern family by 1520 (incidentally
>also in Naples).
>The plucked family led to lute-like instruments in
>2000 BC Mesopotamia,
>and developed into the Oud or Ud before appearing in
>Spain in 711 courtesy of the Moors.
>
>Over the next centuries, frets were added and the
>strings doubled to courses
>leading to the first Lute appearing in the 13th
>Century.
>The history of the Lute and the Mandolin are
>intertwined from this point.
>The Lute gained a 5th course by the 15th century, a
>6th a century later and up to
>13 courses in its heyday. As early as the 14th century
>a miniature Lute or Mandora appeared.
>Similar to the mandola, it had counterparts in Arab
>countries (Dambura) and Assyria (Pandura).
>From this, the Mandolino (a small gut strung Mandola
>with 6 strings tuned g b e' a' d'' g''
>sometimes called the Baroque Mandolin and played with
>a quill, wooden plectrum or finger-style) was
>developed in several places in Italy but seems to have
>became known as the Mandolin in early 18th century
>(around 1735) Naples.
>
>The 'modern' often termed Neapolitan mandolin
>(bowl-back, 4 course paired metal strings) appeared
>about 100 years later in around 1830.
>The style was adopted and developed by others, notably
>in Rome giving two distinct but similar types of
>mandolin - Neapolitan and Roman. many of the best
>players chose the Roman made mandolins. The
>development of the Mandolino in Rome seems to have
>followed a slightly different course from that in
>Naples with many innovations of the Mandolina and
>later the Mandolin.
>
>Classic 'modern' mandolins were made by the Vinaccia
>family (mid-1700s onwards) in direct continuance from
>their mandolinos and Calace (1863 - onwards) in Naples
>and Luigi Embergher (1856 - 1943), Ferrari family
>(1716 - onwards also originally mandolino makers) and
>De Santi (1834 - 1916) in Rome.
>It is widely accepted that the evolution of the
>mandolin to the modern style is attributed to the
>Vinaccia family.
>
>Mandolins became very popular and many lower grades
>were produced
>so that tourists (on the Grand Tour) could take home a
>mandolin.
>Often these were only fit to hang on walls as
>souvenirs and were brought back in their thousands.
>Some are playable but none match the workmanship and
>playability of the great makers.
>
>
>
>© Paul Slater 2001 contact paul@banjolin.supanet.com
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