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We're giving away 10 free tickets to the David Grisman Quintet appearance in Seattle. They're doing six shows in four days at the famous Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle, January 15-18. >> How to win free tickets (you must be a member of our message board).
For sale: this newly discovered Lloyd Loar mandolin, serial #76782. Found in Lawrence, Kansas. First one in this state we've ever heard of.
A luthiers workshop: build your very own mandolin in four days, with veteran luthier Rick Turner in Oakland, California, January 31 - February 1, 7 & 8.
See it: Weber ships 10th anniversary mandolin.
Bill Monroe's mandolin to stay at Country Music Hall of Fame. Settlement reached.
Sam Bush, Don Stiernberg, Mike Marshall, Caterina Lichtenberg and the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra in concert: It's Mando Magnificat, March 7, 2009 in Evanston, Illinois.
Interesting piece of history: The Joe Val Loar for sale.
Stolen: a Gypsy Music Octave Mandolin in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Today on this day in mandolin history: January 7, 1933, WWVA Wheeling Jamboree began. More history...
Happening Now...
Classifieds
Ten most recently posted Classified Ads of 311 total.
- Posted 01/07/2009: Used - Fylde Single Malt Touchstone
- Posted 01/07/2009: Used - Phoenix Neoclassical Mandolin - Mint Condition
- Posted 01/07/2009: Accessories - Mint Condition Double Mandolin Case Holds 2 Mandolins F-5 Or A-5.
- Posted 01/07/2009: Accessories - Brand New F-5 Nickel Shaller Tuners
- Posted 01/07/2009: Accessories - Tone-Gard FS $55.00
- Posted 01/06/2009: New - Troiano Df5 Mandolin
- Posted 01/06/2009: Wanted - Old Style Price Tailpiece
- Posted 01/06/2009: Trade - 53 Gibson EM-150
- Posted 01/06/2009: Used - Kentucky KM-505 For Sale
- Posted 01/06/2009: Used - Gibson F5 Custom
Message Board
Ten most recently updated Message Board discussions.
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:35 AM - Re: Looking to buy a beginners Mandolin
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:31 AM - Re: Fylde Instruments
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:29 AM - Re: My new mandolin
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:28 AM - Re: Post a picture of your sunburst
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:27 AM - Re: F5L Production figures for Nashville?
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:25 AM - Re: Whajagit?
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:22 AM - Re: Norman Blake Anyone?
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:21 AM - Amarillo teacher/pickers
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:11 AM - Re: Kentucky or Eastman or what?
- Posted 01/07/09, 10:06 AM - check out the SA Myspace
Mandolin News
Ten most recent Mandolin News articles.
- Posted 01/01/2009, Workshops: Build a Mandolin In Four Days with Rick Turner
- Posted 01/01/2009, Builder News: Weber Ships 10th Anniversary Mandolin
- Posted 12/30/2008, Special Events: Mando Magnificat - Evanston, Illinois
- Posted 12/25/2008, Announcements: Free Tickets To David Grisman Quintet in Seattle
- Posted 12/23/2008, Publications: Siminoff's Luthiers Glossary
- Posted 12/19/2008, Bill Graham: Beyond My Time
- Posted 12/18/2008, New Music: Charles Hunt - The Cabin Hunter's Mandolin
- Posted 12/17/2008, Special Events: Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg in Concert
- Posted 12/15/2008, New Music: Stefano Franzoni, Franco Sartori - Omaggio a Carlo Munier
- Posted 12/14/2008, New Music: Jacob Reuven - Vivaldolino
Instructors
Ten most recent Instructor Classifieds.
- Student seeks instructor: Lookin To Get Started
- Instructor seeks students: Mandolin Instruction In Saint Augustine, Florida
- Student seeks instructor: Seeking Instructor In Western New York Region
- Instructor seeks students: Philadelphia Area Instruction
- Instructor seeks students: New Guitar Studio To Open In Billings This Spring
- Instructor seeks students: Mandolin, Improvisation, Theory, Composition, Etc.
- Student seeks instructor: Seeking Instructor In Or Near Savannah, Georgia
- Student seeks instructor: Looking For An Instructor To Teach Beginner In Brooklyn
- Instructor seeks students: Study With Joseph Brent (Mannes School Of Music)
- Student seeks instructor: Southern Indiana Beginner Looking For Instructor
Workshops
Ten next upcoming Mandolin Workshops.
- January 8, 2009 - Andra Faye Blues Mandolin Workshop, Indianapolis, Indiana
- January 11, 2009 - Zak Borden Mandolin Workshop, Seattle, Washington
- January 15, 2009 - Jimmy Ryan Mandolin Course, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- January 18, 2009 - LGMA Come & Try the Mandolin, Glasgow, Scotland
- January 18, 2009 - Orrin Star Mandolin Workshops, Sugar Land, Texas
- January 22, 2009 - Billy Bright Mandolin Workshop, Santa Cruz, California
- January 24, 2009 - LGMA Mandolin for Beginners, Glasgow, Scotland
- January 24, 2009 - Orrin Star Mandolin Workshop, Austin, Texas
- January 25, 2009 - Steve James Mandolin Workshop, Seattle, Washington
- January 31, 2009 - LGMA Mandolin for Players, Glasgow, Scotland
Butch
Support for Butch Baldassari, suffering from an inoperable brain tumor and the effects of chemotherapy.
Daily Featured Builder
Wailing Guitar Products
Holiday reading: can't make the Grisman shows in Seattle? Neither can we, but you can read this summer's David Grisman interview, one of the most widely read Cafe articles of all time, by Bill Graham.
New publication: Siminoff's Luthiers Glossary.
With 2009 right around the corner, we've ramped up our mandolin workshops and camps page with over 70 entries. Make plans now to attend an event of your choosing. And you camp/workshop organizers, get busy and update your web sites! We know who you are, and we won't list you until you do.
Stolen: Breedlove Quartz, Columbus, Ohio.
Luthiers are more than just instrument makers, they are also keepers of an alternate time zone. Bill Graham's Beyond My Time.
New music from Charles Hunt: The Cabin Hunter's Mandolin. Hear a cut on the Cafe MP3 page.
