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Tomy Hovington built a mandocello with Virzi-Tone-Producer.
Ca. 20 great videos of that mandocello build.
Here is a short version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edIKJsldijY
The making and...

May be, this helps ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khf8RqcqaRI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JKWBx6dzVs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCOtEVUwrJ8

I also think they are too light. .022 .034 .048 .074 (aa dd GG CC) works fine.
Holger

Herwiga Mandola-Cello (ca. 1920) with extended bass string
C GG dd aa ee.
Scale length:
Bass-string (C) - 55 cm (21.65 inches)
GG dd aa ee - 49 cm (19.29 inches)

Session Americana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ois5N5R14O8

Beautiful instrument!
Sorry to correct you. A Walddoline is not a Waldzither. Walddoline is the mandolin of the former Böhm factory. Like this:
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Hi jdsobol,

the left one of your MC´s is a "Stahl"-Mandocello, made by Larson. I also have one. Great sounding, you are right.

Here is my "Vogtlandperle"-Mandocello:

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Can you post the link please! I can not find it on ebay. Looks like a German "Vogtlandperle".

Hi folks,

here is a Gibson Mandocello, K-4 (1924) for sale!

www.vintage-instruments.com

This is the one you need
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ftqdUlGH0

Isabelle

Great! Do you know this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IANbyuFpjgw&feature=relmfu

Or that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AorqImqgDNQ&feature=relmfu
(no Sofia, but Lisa)

The back of your mando looks much similar to the back of headstock of my "STAHL"-mandocello ...

I think they copied the basic part of the original Gibson-bridge and then built up the adjustable.
It´s called "Munich-repair-shop" here in Munich. Luthier of Stevens guitars and bouzoukis.
The...

Very nice K1, Barry!
You need an adjustable bridge, tailor-made for your MC.
I have a 1912 K2 and the new bridge works fine with that.

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Here you are, Dobe ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdDTxvDJ1Rw

Thank you, martin!!!

And please listen to this great German folk music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSrKHd1W8IQ&feature=related

My K1 (1924, black) is easier to play than the K2, it has a truss rod and a slim neck. The neck of my K2 (1912, black) is more like a tree. Binding, ornamentation, and tuners are different, and they...

Hi Justin!
I have several old Böhm-Waldzithern(s), three with the original glass-bridges.
They produce a wonderful sound, but it is dangerous, to use modern waldzither-strings. String-tension can...

Hi Eddie,

cheapest way: take the S-Bahn to Main-station (Hauptbahnhof) and then the Tram N17 to Amalienburgstraße. They will help you at the airport.
Good shops for folk-instruments: "Folk-Laden"...

Thanks to all of you for inspiration and information!

I shurely will try to get the tuner repaired and I don´t mind the money.

Holger

Hi danb,

congratulations! Wonderful Mandocello.
I am looking for this great K4.
No chance.
Someone wrote me: A Gibson K4 is nearly as rare as hen's teeth.

Holger