Page 6 of 6 FirstFirst ... 23456
Results 126 to 140 of 140

Thread: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

  1. #126
    Registered User Timbofood's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Kalamazoo, MI.
    Posts
    7,487

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Very cool to see this done Ken! I had a very "general" conversation about this project with Bill last early summer. He is such a great guy to have a chat with, I am proud to know him. Glad to see more of his work! Sunday after I hit the lotto, I'm calling him for a "set" F-4 and F-5! I don't know that I can get him away from his new passion, pursuing ITM fiddle but, I will sure as shooting try!
    I can hardly wait!
    Film at eleven!
    Timothy F. Lewis
    "If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett

  2. #127
    Registered User Hendrik Ahrend's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Leer, Northern Germany
    Posts
    1,554

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Great move Ken, wonderful instrument" I remember you posted about that possibility a while ago. Where did you get those tuners? Did you slaughter a second LL A5 - or an MB 5?

  3. #128

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Henry.......

  4. #129

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    You guys are killin' me

    Len B.
    Clearwater, FL

  5. #130
    Registered User Timbofood's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Kalamazoo, MI.
    Posts
    7,487

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Aw Len, you love it just like the rest of us!
    This stuff keeps the popcorn growers in business!
    "I love this site!" With apologies to Toby Keith.
    Timothy F. Lewis
    "If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett

  6. #131
    Registered User mandotool's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Hudson Valley
    Posts
    408

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Beautifully done Ken...I'm sure loyd would approve ..
    Love to hear that 17.5" scale lenth..any chance for a video ?

  7. #132
    Registered User mandotool's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Hudson Valley
    Posts
    408

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?


  8. #133
    Moderator MikeEdgerton's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Howell, NJ
    Posts
    26,874

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Quote Originally Posted by mandotool View Post
    That's an intense thread
    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
    --M. Stillion

    "Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
    --J. Garber

  9. #134
    Registered User William Smith's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    Sugar Grove,PA
    Posts
    3,371
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Waltham View Post
    Here's an interesting look at a Tenor Lute converted to a snakehead mandola. I have had this idea a long time, and had this completed about 3 months ago. It is just as I suspected, after having the Hacklinger measurements compared to an H5 LL mandola, they are scary the same. So, you can guess what this sounds like. Tuners are original Loar period, silver plated with oak leaves. The mandola has all the attributes of a Loar era mandola, raised fingerboard, and, even a Master Model Label!
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	1924 Tenor Luted conversion 001.JPG 
Views:	408 
Size:	418.6 KB 
ID:	140688Click image for larger version. 

Name:	1924 Tenor Luted conversion 002.JPG 
Views:	328 
Size:	327.5 KB 
ID:	140689Click image for larger version. 

Name:	1924 Tenor Luted conversion 004.JPG 
Views:	379 
Size:	326.6 KB 
ID:	140687Click image for larger version. 

Name:	1924 Tenor Luted conversion 006.JPG 
Views:	381 
Size:	412.0 KB 
ID:	140690
    After seeing the H2 mandola in this thread, I am even more convinced that Loar had an idea for a line of snakehead A model, f holed instruments.
    Great deal Ken!, I know ya had this idea floating around for a while now, I'm very pleased ya went with it! I'd love to hear it. I'm a huge fan of conversions,

  10. #135

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    I think this thread is winding down (I will post any more information that I can find about the history of the H-2 snakehead), but wanted to add a report from a concert last night featuring the instrument.

  11. #136

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    One more, showing the Centaur in a different setting:

  12. #137
    Moderator MikeEdgerton's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Howell, NJ
    Posts
    26,874

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    We like threads that are years old. Please continue to post what you find. Thanks.
    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
    --M. Stillion

    "Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
    --J. Garber

  13. #138
    Registered User j. condino's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Asheville, NC
    Posts
    2,758

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Here is another nice video of that show featuring Black Cohosh written and performed by Adam Tanner and crew:

    http://youtu.be/nKHRD3C9a4A

  14. #139
    Registered User
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Philadelphia
    Posts
    489

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Foulke View Post
    Wow, harsh crowd.
    All we need now is a snakehead K-2.
    I await more pictures.
    Ask and you will receive. I'll start a new thread but here's the preview.

    Phil

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	front.jpg 
Views:	209 
Size:	50.8 KB 
ID:	145085

  15. #140

    Default Re: Snakehead H-2 mandola?

    Folks, if you are still tuned in to this thread: I just spoke last week to the wife of the original owner of the H-2 snakehead mandola, (tentatively named "The Centaur"). She told me that her husbands' parents bought the instrument for him at a pawn shop in Knoxville, TN in the late 1930s. Will ask around more, but that is all I have for now.

  16. The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to blidgood For This Useful Post:


Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •