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Yesterday, 12:55pm

Joe Bartl replied to a thread Where can I find arrangements of Dowland for mandolin? in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Thanks, Jamie, for the the notice of the Brent/Sariel album. I've order the last copy(!) of the CD from Amazon. I'll contact Brent/Sariel for more...

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Sep-24-2021, 12:43pm

Joe Bartl started a thread Where can I find arrangements of Dowland for mandolin? in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

In the most recent CMSA's Mandolin Journal, Robert Margo has an article about David Braid which includes info about Mr. Braid's mandolin arrangement...

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Sep-22-2021, 5:52pm

Joe Bartl replied to a thread Vega bowlback — Need images of these inlays to replicate! in Looking for Information About Mandolins

CFielder, if your Vega has as many ribs as the Reverb Vega you linked, then you probably have Style 2 ½ .: My Vega is a style 2-- fewer ribs...

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Sep-21-2021, 3:48pm

Joe Bartl replied to a thread New TG Day -- Tieri in Tenor Guitars

Ben, My luthier couldn't tell if it was original. It is actually a bridge for six strings (the extra two holes are filled) which, with a couple...

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Sep-21-2021, 3:30pm

Joe Bartl replied to a thread Identify this wood? in Builders and Repair

Thanks, Marty and J. Condino. Yeah, I guess that is it ... identified as Curly Mama Mahogany (whatever that is ... ) and not "The Tree" (unless I...

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Sep-20-2021, 12:00pm

Joe Bartl started a thread Identify this wood? in Builders and Repair

On my recently acquired Tieri tenor guitar: The description of this at vintageinstruments.com reads: tiger striped back of some exotic wood...

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Sep-19-2021, 12:11pm

Joe Bartl started a thread New TG Day -- Tieri in Tenor Guitars

What goes around ... this TG is the same as linked by mrmando in a 2014 post: http://www.vintageinstruments.com/tenors.html and which Lowell Levinger...

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Sep-18-2021, 8:29pm

Joe Bartl replied to a thread Gibson MB-4 Trapdoor Banjo mandolin info request in Vintage Instruments

Today, I took the MB-4 to my luthier, Marc Glickman. Indeed, there were more issues than heavy strings that need attention: -- The skin is...

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Sep-18-2021, 11:57am

Joe Bartl replied to a thread The Ernst: 1920's attempt at more volume in Vintage Instruments

Might be a silly question, but, why the quest for volume in the 1920s? Larger audiences produced by fewer infant deaths and more leisure time? Just...

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Sep-18-2021, 11:47am

Joe Bartl replied to a thread gartini de lugini 1906 flatback in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Looking closely at the bridge under the bone saddle, it appears as though there were earlier 3 strings per course. Is this an illusion? Or is there...

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Sep-17-2021, 12:24pm

Joe Bartl replied to a thread Gibson MB-4 Trapdoor Banjo mandolin info request in Vintage Instruments

Thanks, everyone, for your, as always, sage advice. I will go with the light tenor banjo strings per Pops1's recommendation. I can only agree with...

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Sep-16-2021, 11:19am

Joe Bartl replied to a thread please help identify my Grandmother's mandolin in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

You should probably post this in the Forum "Looking for Information about mandolins"

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Sep-15-2021, 5:31pm

Joe Bartl started a thread Gibson MB-4 Trapdoor Banjo mandolin info request in Vintage Instruments

So I've gotten a bug to play this MB-4 which I purchased some years ago but have never really cottoned to. I've never played an actual banjo. So I'm...

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Sep-15-2021, 11:30am

Joe Bartl replied to a thread Stringing a 1910's Gibson non-truss rod mandocello in Vintage Instruments

Hearth_man, My bad! Don't know what I was thinking (or if I was thinking). The cello is tuned C-G-D-A. I like your characterization of the...

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Sep-14-2021, 1:54pm

Joe Bartl replied to a thread Stringing a 1910's Gibson non-truss rod mandocello in Vintage Instruments

I have a 1913 Vega cylinder back mandocello ... 402 I suppose because it has a mahogany back ... which came with unidentified but very heavy...

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