That certainly is a very nice instrument!
Interesting to see that Emnbergher at that time used paper lining for the interior of the bowl, while De Santis and others used already wood shavings much...
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That certainly is a very nice instrument!
Interesting to see that Emnbergher at that time used paper lining for the interior of the bowl, while De Santis and others used already wood shavings much...
Thanks, Jim, I know both, but Mr. Lippi covers only the innovations that departed from that early Roman style, and not that style itself. When it appeared, who where the luthiers who worked this way,...
About Roman pegs, this excerpt from Jules Cottin's method
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And this is a 1879 Antonio Petroni, same style (except for the pegs/mechanics)
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Thank you. Yes, it is strange that it seems it never attracted any attention.
I suspect that, since these instruments are often unlabeled, they probably go unnoticed and pass as later ordinary...
And a De Santis example from the same period, to compare with the other ones
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(pegs are not original)
My recent musings about a 1875 De Santis mandolin have led me to get interested in the early, pre-Embergher Roman production in the 1860s and 1870s: mandolins with a rather uniform appearance, sober...
Hello Alex,
Here, I am not sure to follow you.
We have :
-signed Eulry (V&A) with raised fingerboard and violin-type neck joint, probably anterior to Eulry's death (1835?)
-Eugene's and mine,...
And now a flat one, but always with similar design, and old-style pegs. Width : 19 cm ; total length 57.5 cm. Source :...
Now another one : similar design, but modern neck joint and head tuning systems. No measurements known. Source :...
And, again for the sake of comparison, photos and partial measurements of another one, similar but still different. Note the very different neck joint, and the fingerboard which is not raised. Source...
Thank you Alex for this valuable information.
In case it is of interest, I took the measurements and some additional photos of my own Mirecourt Eulry/Thibouville? mandolin.
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Thank you. As we tacke the interesting subject of early 19th century mandolins, I share here some screen captures I had made from Terranova's catalogue...
As you probably know, there is a signed Clément Eulry mandolin at the V&A museum, of which no photographs are available on the musum's website. But I found out that it had been photographed and...
This is mine (found in a flea market for 30€ some 15 years ago)
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This is exactly the twin sister of the one I have. I would be very much interested to read that correspondance you mention with Alex T.
My assumption that it is from the 1840's is impressionistic,...
Actually I am quite used to these pegs, as I sometimes play on a rather cheap Mirecourt instrument from the 1840's that has the same style of pegs.
Well, this choice, as it seems, requires further...
Thank you for your replies. It may be useful that I post a few images of that De Santis I am interested in : it seems indeed of a more elaborate workmanship than yours, and may explain the feeling I...
Thank you. I have no doubt about the unquestioned quality of the 5bis, but was rather wondering about the De Santis - it was made by someone who worked alone in his workshop, by hand on all details,...
Having been playing Calace-type mandolins for more than 20 years now, I have been thinking about acquiring a Roman mandolin for quite a long time. It happens now that I have a possibility to buy,...
As I recently acquainted with a harpist, I am looking for duet repertoire for mandolin and harp, with easily available sheet music. Does anyone here have ideas ?
Thank you!
If you have contact with Mr Lippi, could you send him the link to this page, so he can see our discussion? Thank you
Here is a picture of a regular-sized mandolin that is not in my possession; the photo is from an auction website, marked as "attributed to Embergher", and obviously of the same maker as my...
Second attempt
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And this is my Roman quartino close to my Neapolitan one, by Ermenegildo Ferrari, which is even smaller (but same scale length)
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