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    Re: Bowl back science

    Tavy, you can hear the 'experimental' mandolins on Martino Quintavalla's website:

    https://www.liuteriaquintavalla.it/en/df-carbon/
  2. Re: Adding Veins to a Brescian Mandolin (Bowl back)

    That's a neat way of making the veins. How thin do you think you could sand them? The veins on most bowlbacks are only about a milimetre wide, sometimes closer to half. The way they were/are usually...
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    Re: A 10 string variable scale story

    Lovely instrument and great sound, especially that E string. It does have amazing sustain and a lot of sympathetic resonance.

    I've been meaning to ask why you chose to place the straight fret on...
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    Re: A 10 string variable scale story

    How did you handle those funny angles at the junction of the skewed nut and the headstock? From the photos it looks like the longer side of the fretboard overhangs the bend and sits on top of the...
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    Re: Spirit Varnish for a mandolin?

    I remember a post on Maestronet about someone trying button lac in 1704 without success. It might be that the wax content of seed lac is part of what makes 1704 varnish what it is. I don't know what...
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    Re: Paper Lining for Bowl Back Mandolin

    I don't really see how paper would work as a release layer over the mold since glue would inevitably leak through it. Nor do I see how you could achieve a neat paper lining if it was used in this...
  7. Re: can I glue a flat (slightly arched) top and back to the flat

    So I guess it depends what the OP means by a 'slight' arch. Maybe try fitting the top to a flat rim first and see how it looks. If it doesn't take much pressure to get a clean joint all around, it's...
  8. Re: can I glue a flat (slightly arched) top and back to the flat

    You really need to shape the linings and the blocks to the same radius as the top or the top will deform or the glue joint will be bad. It's pretty simple to make a radius sanding dish to do the job.
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    Re: Lightest/Smallest machine heads?

    Ken Parker did, when he used them.
  10. Re: Brescian Mandola inspired by an 1805 illustration

    That's beautiful David. Of course I'm biased, but I love the old roo & emu penny and the timbers. How does the Huon pine top sound? I know it's been used successfully in guitars, but I've never tried...
  11. Re: Neapolitan Mandolin Build in Naples - November 2022

    Re. bridge placement, just how critical is it? Would a couple of mm forward or back make a significant difference?
  12. Re: Neapolitan Mandolin Build in Naples - November 2022

    So you can really bend the pearwood spacer around the tightest part of the curve without using any heat at all? Even heat-bending ebony I've had to make kerf cuts on the back side with a jeweller's...
  13. Re: Neapolitan Mandolin Build in Naples - November 2022

    Thanks a lot for this. It's really interesting and useful.

    Am I right in thinking the ribs are glued at the tail end to a piece of veneer and the tail block fitted afterwards?

    What was the...
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    Re: The Australian Mandolin Quartet

    Oh, and I forgot to ask what finish you used.
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    Re: The Australian Mandolin Quartet

    Beautiful Graham, and the end of a big project. Is the top of the mandocello King Billy as well? It's hard to see clearly from the photo, but the dark streaks make it look almost more like Bunya or...
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    Re: Newly completed Mandolino Milanese

    Lovely instrument. Did you base the shape of your bowl on a particular model, or a combination of them?
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    Re: German style Mandolin

    Very nice! It's Blackwood bowlback week.

    Did you use the Seiffert bracing scheme?
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    Re: Embergher 5 bis copy

    After bowl was together, with scrapers of different radius, then sandpaper on dowels.

    Are you planning to replace the staves?
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    Embergher 5 bis copy

    Here are some pictures of an Embergher model 5 I recently completed in Queensland Blackwood. The curl in the grain is more broken than in maple, so it was hard to get the same continuity of pattern...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Yes, though not as dramatic as the good quality Vic/Tas stuff. I've never heard of Daran. I wonder what other names it has? Nice grain - looks almost like She-oak.
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    This coincidence is too weird not to post. Here's another Australian acacia bowl-in-progress, this one an Embergher copy made from Queensland Blackwood (which might be one of several Acacia species)....
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    Re: Have you ever seen anything like this?

    Very intriguing. If the tanbur is reversible, and has been flipped between the two segments of the video, then the only way I can make sense of it is that it has a very shallow body (the same...
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    Re: New Carlo Aonzo Perfetto Mandolino

    Thank you Martino. A fine sounding (and fine looking) instrument.
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    Re: New Carlo Aonzo Perfetto Mandolino

    As I understand Gore falcate bracing, it is designed specifically for the rocking motion of a guitar soundboard with a fixed bridge, so I wonder how suitable it is for a floating bridge system. The...
  25. Thread: Moon Wood

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    Re: Moon Wood

    It didn't persuade me either. But if the moon does something measurable to trees (just) I suppose the moonwood story is just possibly free of leprechauns.
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