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Hear it played here by Dave Swarbrick at around 2:26/


https://youtu.be/1upYyh4J7R4?si=zkVEnhC9xYmmSCIL

For those joining this thread today, please be aware that this thread was started 7 years ago and the last thread the OP posted on this site was in 2019. It would be nice to know how he has...

I am approaching my fiftieth anniversary this year of playing both fiddle and mandolin. One thing I am finding is that I actually enjoy playing tunes slow or fast. They become different tunes, sort...

I would tell all of them to watch this video by David Benedict:


https://youtu.be/BmTu2GpRE7o?si=lfZMOnI5_MRZjpXo

Mick:
If you really want to get deep into this music for the tunes (not songs) I highly recommend this super fake book compiled by Olivier Demers from the famous group Le Vent Du Nord: 1000 airs...

The McGarrigle sisters sang and wrote many of their tunes in French. Here is a beautiful traditional one.

I can’t seem to embed this one, possibly because of copyright? But here is the link:...

I believe that many fiddlers want the fine tuners on all strings but among fiddlers I know we generally prefer the lighter weight Wittner composite tailpieces which are actually made of very strong...

Sorry he says his tuning is DAEAD at 4:10.

Sorry Ranald, though Lisa is mentioned in Danse Ce Soir, she is not the author. Laurie Hart and Greg Sandell are the co-authors. And right now you can get 30% off if you order directly from...

If I recall correctly, the current two volume set of Ranieri was edited down from the original five volumes (I think). I am not sure why they did that. I would also be careful about copyright...

I think that Levin probably did make slot head mandolins— there are some pictured on this page, along with a lot of other models unpictured....

Every jam of every genre has their overplayed songs or tunes. I remember Orange Blossom Special and Foggy Mountain Breakdown. We often overplayed when I was first starting to play. And then there is...

It’s funny, but I would have thought that by now they would have posted some pictures of the prototypes that they built instead of the graphic representations. I am sure that all of you who have...

I am Facebook friends with him and he seems relatively active on Facebook as well.

This is a standard violin tailpiece with some inlay. My guess it was made in Germany so could have been imported into the US.
Handel tuners were sold through Louis Handel who deal in pearl inlay...

Many of the modern sheet music of Baroque era music and even later had many additions including dynamics, slurs, fingerings, and other notation added much later. Often these were added and were...

This is part of the timeless timber collection and looks like it includes maybe eight other instruments including a snare drum for $10,000 and the electric guitar for $55,000. I am guessing that this...

When I was a regular attendee at Carlo Aonzo‘s workshops, we played quite a bit of Baroque era music, and his instructions was to almost never use tremolo for the in those pieces. However, once you...

Circa 1910 Vega Style 3. I have a similar one and, assuming it is in good shape, they are excellent mandolins. Here are the catalog pages: Yours will need some work and the bridge is positioned a...

The most unusual part of this is a circular vs. oval sound hole. I found a couple of other bowlbacks that showed up in an image search with circular sound holes and similar (but not exact)...

Strange that the photo above says (I think) 4th Anniversary April 1921. That would mean the Freiheit Orchestra started in 1917. I have a feeling this short history of the NYMO is not correct either....

We discussed this photo you posted on this thread from 2016: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/124215-NYC-Freiheit-Mandolin-Orchestra-1925

There is another photo of the Freiheit Orchestra...

His actual name is Joseph Campanella Cleary. I was very lucky to acquire one of his A-5s a few years ago in a trade. Mine is from 2018 and is his #90. BTW Joe studied mandolin making with Lawrence...

That mandolin might have been built by Knutsen.

https://www.harpguitars.net/knutsen/mandolins.htm

Headstock similar to some unlabeled L&H, however there are some makers in New York area capable of work like that. Mannello and Ciani come to mind.