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Today, 10:03am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Chris Thile & Aoife O'Donovan Lakes of Pontchartrain in General Mandolin Discussions

This is lovely, for sure. My favorite rendition aside from Paul Brady's is on a 1980 LP by Trapezoid and sung as a duet by Lorraine Duisit and Freyda...

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Today, 9:56am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Mandolin by Cousenon a mirecourt in Vintage Instruments

It is still spelled Couesnon. Seriously, I certainly understand trying to ascertain age and other identifying features on these vintage...

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Today, 9:51am

Jim Garber replied to a thread MAS killer in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I was just looking at Steve Wishnevsky's site and he has a lap steel that would go nicely with the Pendragon mandolin. Similar blanket too! :)

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Yesterday, 5:38pm

lflngpicker replied to a thread New Mando on the way... in General Mandolin Discussions

Love those 815’s! Enjoy it in good health!

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Yesterday, 5:25pm

lflngpicker replied to a thread Mandolin Orange is now Watchhouse in General Mandolin Discussions

I love your music, whatever you call yourselves! I was surprised but watching this video tells me that you are broadening your genre to reach a more...

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Yesterday, 12:55pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion The Water Is Wide in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Very nice, Christian! The timing sounds quite different played in 6/8, which gives it an intriguing twist. My old 2014 recording has too many parts...

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Yesterday, 7:24am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #543 ~ Humphreys Waltz, by Daniel Nestlerode in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, John -- sound great! I think you nailed the waltz rhythm better than I did in mine. I found the pulse of the piece a bit hard to pin down. ...

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Apr-20-2021, 6:53pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Flatiron A-5 Artist, 1,500 should I get it? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Ah, I didn’t see that in the listing. OTOH Reverb says they have Reverb Protection. Hmmmmm...

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Apr-20-2021, 6:10pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Women Builders in General Mandolin Discussions

Wow, Mark, that is gorgeous!

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Apr-20-2021, 5:01pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread DR Dragonskin Strings...oof. in Equipment

I tried Thomastiks on my 23 Gibson A-2 many years ago and hated them. I like them on my vintage Lyon & Healy however but that is about it. I don't...

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Apr-20-2021, 4:53pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Unusual Benko mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I have a similar instrument probably also a Prim but it has 5-strings and I call it a tele-tamburitza. You can see why. Oddly the first course is...

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Apr-20-2021, 4:51pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Women Builders in General Mandolin Discussions

I met Maegen at the Woodstock Invitational a few years ago. She said she had built a mandolin but didn't have one with her. Her guitars are very...

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Apr-20-2021, 4:44pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Want to take up the cello in General Mandolin Discussions

I love cello but I doubt I would ever play one. I did have a mandocello for awhile but it is a challenge to play cello music on that. If I want the...

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Apr-20-2021, 4:30pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Flatiron A-5 Artist, 1,500 should I get it? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I just found this thread. I would guess that the dealer/seller would honor an approval period and if you took it to your luthier to check it out and...

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Apr-20-2021, 3:46pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread A lovely old 1907ish A4 .. but wait ... in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

What, none of you folks want to post the pics for eternity. At least the "smiling crack." I guess I have to do all the work around here while you...

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Apr-20-2021, 3:37pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Bowl back identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I am agreement with the sage folks above that it is quite possible that this mandolin was built in Catania, Sicily. So far, the only feature I could...

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Apr-20-2021, 12:21pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Roman quartino (piccolo mandolin) by Embergher ? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

He has posted here in the past. I don’t really know him well but you can reach him through his website: http://lippi.net/strumenti/mandolini/?lang=en

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Apr-20-2021, 9:21am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Roman quartino (piccolo mandolin) by Embergher ? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I honestly don't think the workmanship on the OP's mandolin matches the quality of any era of the Embergher shop. Lorenzo Lippi posted this...

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Apr-20-2021, 6:39am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Roman quartino (piccolo mandolin) by Embergher ? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Your photos above do not show up. The Pecoraro terzino has a fully-detailed scratchplate (scrolls) which was characteristic of the 5bis concert...

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Apr-19-2021, 10:00pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread 1920ish Martin built? For S.S. Stewart in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I agree. Not a Martin. Weymann did use front mounted tuners FWIW.

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Apr-19-2021, 12:22pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Interesting CNC violin build in Builders and Repair

Interesting. These sped-up videos make me more than a little nervous but that is just me. He says he used regular wood glue instead of hide glue...

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Apr-19-2021, 10:49am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Roman quartino (piccolo mandolin) by Embergher ? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

It definitely is Roman style but I would say unlikely made in the Embergher shop. Most of the details don't match up to Embergher instruments I have...

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Apr-18-2021, 1:23pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Paspie Menuet in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Ginny and Frithjof. Only the lead melody was recorded outside -- I did the overdubs indoors later in the day. I need to see the laptop...

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Apr-18-2021, 1:16pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #543 ~ Humphreys Waltz, by Daniel Nestlerode in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks for the kind comments, all. Yesterday was lovely weather to sit outside, although it has turned a bit colder today. I'm pleased how well the...

30 replies

Apr-18-2021, 3:39am

Martin Jonas replied to a thread Mandocello solo and duo recordings playlist in CBOM

Two more mandocello recordings for my playlist: Humphreys Waltz (D. Nestlerode), mandocello & tenor guitar This waltz was written by Daniel...

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Apr-17-2021, 6:42pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Paspie Menuet in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

The batch of latest David M. Brown arrangement I am working on at the moment included his setting of this lovely Dutch minuet. So, I recorded it on...

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Apr-17-2021, 6:29pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Lascia ch'io pianga (Händel) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

This is a new recording of Handel's Lascia ch-io panga, pared down to only mandolin and mandocello, based on a string quartet setting in D major from...

4 replies

Apr-17-2021, 6:19pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #543 ~ Humphreys Waltz, by Daniel Nestlerode in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, JL, for the transcripton - very helpful indeed! Great version, Christian! I decided that the range of this tune suits the mandocello, so...

30 replies

Apr-12-2021, 5:13pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion The Winter It Is Past (Burns) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Ginny. It's a very sparse tune, which is tricky to pull off on plucked instruments with limited sustain. Rather than going for tremolo, I...

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Apr-12-2021, 8:56am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion The Wild Rose of the Mountain in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Apologies, John. I didn't mean that as a complaint -- I've done this myself in the past and it's easy enough to happen, especially when tune titles...

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