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I have replaced Eastman tailpieces with Allen tailpieces with good results. Direct replacement as I recall.

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Hey Peter, I hope I am not hijacking your thread. I have a real affection for L&H mandolins.
When I worked for a professional violin shop in NC years ago, we were gifted an American Conservatory...

The nice thing about hot hide glue is that you can control the strength of the bond depending on the amount of water you use when mixing it.
Looking good James!

I worked for a professional violin shop for most of my carreer and that is what I was taught. The theory is that the after length would be a fifth and two octaves above the string. We focused more on...

Violin family instruments are very different from mandolin family instruments and cannot be compared. Violins utilize a sound post, one bass bar and the strings are driven with a bow. Mandolins are...

Years ago I had a vintage banjo-ukulele that came in a canvas case like that.

Oh, I don't know about a waste of a whiskey barrel. Some folks get an idea in their head and come up with something unique. It's almost like folk art. I enjoy seeing these franken instruments from...

Just when you think you have seen it all...
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That's amazing.

I have not played one for six or seven years but the ones I played at a shop in NC were less than acceptable. The tone was thin and the fit and finish were horrible.

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Ok, I want to repost my favorite Mandolin Cafe Hat pic I took awhile ago, this guy is a stickler for detail....

Well I do own a copy of a book by Chris Johnson and Roy Courtnall titled
"The Art Of Violin Making". :whistling:

You mean like the guy that came up with this....


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This mandolin was featured in the "Sometimes a case tells a story" article recently.


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For those that don't know......


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Plus the conversion was done by Bill Halsey, top notch expert on Gibson mandolins. Not to mention a world class violin family bow maker and all around nice guy.

Welcome to the Cafe. I Have owned both an Eastman 315 and a 314 after playing for decades on a slew of teens Gibson A and F2 mandolins. Nothing wrong with the Eastmans, the only reason I sold them...

Love the circle of fifths sticker, you need to get a Mandolin Cafe sticker! https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/213944#213944

When you have not had a drink and warmed up, play Kentucky Waltz and record it. Then after a few whiskeys, play it again and record it. Review the recordings the next day and see what you think.

Here is a previous thread regarding case stickers...

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/137797-Post-photo-of-your-Stickered-Cases

Looks like long time Cafe member, Darryl Wolfe, is going to be unloading some mandolin related items. This should be interesting...

https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/214057#214057

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Um, it was mentioned in the first post by the OP.