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    Default You Could Poke an Eye Out with That Thing!

    My sister just sent me a photo of this beauty from the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix: an Octochordis Lyre Mandolin, circa 1900.

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    Default Re: You Could Poke an Eye Out with That Thing!

    I have long wanted to play a lyre mandolin. So cool.
    A talent for trivializin' the momentous and complicatin' the obvious.

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    And there I thought the F-style headstock scroll was easy to break...
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    It looks like a bug you can play!
    Cake or death?

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    those are the worst scrolls ive ever seen!
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    I need that for my acoustic metal band

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    Looks like something Billy Gibbons would play.

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    I'd be afraid to set it down, lest it crawl away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike001 View Post
    Looks like something Billy Gibbons would play.
    Yes, him or Rick Nielsen of Cheep Trick!
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    the MIM (Musical Instrument Museum) is incredible! A real must-visit if the opportunity arises. Architecturally gorgeous too!

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    That's what i call playing the scroll out of it!

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