ISO 1885-1900 Italian mando w/Tipaldi Brothers label

**Lorraine Tipaldi** · Nov-19-2014, 11:31pm

I'll be visiting parents in CT Nov. 20-26. Doubt I'll get to the city, but if I do, you'll be the first to know...

~Lorraine

ps: 2 other places I love for info are The NY Historical Society and The Museum of the City of New York.

**Jim Garber** · Nov-19-2014, 11:34pm

I found some reference about the Melody Kings on the Virtual Gramophone site from Canada which has a large archive of recordings.

**Geoff Barber** · Aug-02-2015, 5:38am

I am doing some research into the history of the mandolin in Australia and just found the following article in the Brisbane Courier on 16 August 1911 titled "The Mandolin":
“The mandolin has again come into popularity across the Atlantic. For years the instrument suffered in the United States from the natural relaxation following the furor attendant upon its first introduction to musical and society critics. Two brothers Dominick and Frank Tipaldi, now living in New York City, formally introduced the mandolin bringing it from their native Naples in 1874. Society at once "took up" the new instrument with its polite piquant harmonies, and legions of the upper social strata swarmed around the Professors Tipaldi, to be initiated into the melodious mysteries of the thin bone pick.”

Can anyone vouch for the accuracy of this?
Source: THE MANDOLIN. (1911, August 16). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 14 Supplement: Courier Home Circle.. Retrieved August 2, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19701796

**Graham McDonald** · Aug-02-2015, 6:10pm

Always good to see another Australian doing mandolin research! I am sure there would have been Italian mandolin players around New York before the Spanish Students arrived in 1880, but it sounds a little optimistic that Society 'swarmed' around them until the 1890s when the mandolin craze took off

Cheers

**Mandophile** · Jul-30-2016, 3:08pm

http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/c...sh#/?tab=about

Now that the NYPL digitized their ancient maps, you can find any address. Easy Peasy! It has made it possible to verify all sorts of dubious addresses for my book. Love technology!

**Nevin** · Aug-01-2016, 7:44pm

Take a look here for possible photos. It is a bit early but who knows.
https://www.oldnyc.org/

**Lorraine Tipaldi** · Aug-03-2017, 9:15am

Good Morning Mandolin Forum!

Sorry I haven't been able to keep up, it's been a couple of years and lots has happened, but I'm back. I wanted to let some of you know that I'll be in NYC August 10-11 to do more research on my Great Grandfather Domenico Tipaldi and his Mandolin Orchestra. I would love to meet anyone who might be available either of those days, if possible. I hope to visit addresses where his homes and shops were, too. Maybe find a mandolin...

I hope to hear from you and would look forward to meeting and showing my photos of him and the orchestra.
Thanks and Ciao!
~Lorraine Tipaldi

**Jim Garber** · Aug-03-2017, 9:34am

Originally Posted by Lorraine Tipaldi

Sorry I haven't been able to keep up, it's been a couple of years and lots has happened, but I'm back. I wanted to let some of you know that I'll be in NYC August 10-11 to do more research on my Great Grandfather Domenico Tipaldi and his Mandolin Orchestra. I would love to meet anyone who might be available either of those days, if possible. I hope to visit addresses where his homes and shops were, too. Maybe find a mandolin...

Sad to say that is my one time this month when I will not be around. I am not sure who you should contact but possibly one of th curator at the Metropolitan Museum. Jayson Dobney (I hope I remember his name correctly) was curator of the Guitar Heroes exhibit at the Met which featured some older instruments like bowlback mandolins made in New York and Italy.

**Joe Bartl** · Aug-03-2017, 11:56am

In case you are unaware of the Library of Congress website (catalog.loc.gov), I've recently cataloged seven pieces of sheet music by "D. Tipaldi" ... I assume this must be Domenico. If you search "tipaldi mandolin" (without the quotes) you'll find them. -- mandogio

**Lorraine Tipaldi** · Aug-03-2017, 2:29pm

I did contact Jayson, we've spoken before. I hope to get to see him. Sorry I'll miss you, Jim. Hope all is well. Maybe I'll catch you next time. Best wishes,
~Lorraine

**Lorraine Tipaldi** · Aug-03-2017, 2:32pm

Thanks, it's been awhile since I looked there. I'll check it out again. I have one of his books of music with a sketch of him inside. Is that something I need to catalogue?
~Lorraine