Seems like it had something like speaker cones (or something else?) in 2 of the 3 soundholes? Unusual design.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Alte-Mandoli...cAAOSwSUBgRpO2
Seems like it had something like speaker cones (or something else?) in 2 of the 3 soundholes? Unusual design.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Alte-Mandoli...cAAOSwSUBgRpO2
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There's another one shown here with the same stamp on the soundboard: 'Vogtlands Stolz', but it doesn't have those strange soundhole inserts.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...f-Note/page260
Last edited by Dusepo; Apr-03-2021 at 10:08am.
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Jim Garber suggests that it is a "nightingale singing" but I reckon it is a raven croaking! Anyway, it is a nice little motif.
I messaged the seller in German to ask what the thing in the soundholes were and they replied that they were 'like loudspeakers' and the left one was missing. So not really much info there, but thought I'd share...
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It has a nice smile, though.
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This is also seen in the Steirische accordion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steirische_Harmonika. I've not read about its etiology, but I presume it's a design principle derived from the (conical bell of the) brass instrument.
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