Tuning of a mandriola.
I looking forward to my mandriola arriving but in the mean time I've been investigating tuning and strings for said instrument
I found that if you call it a 12 string mandolin, the internet tend to tune it just like a mandolin with all four tripple courses in unison
But when looking for strings for a mandriola they come with 4 courses where two strings are sized and tuned like a mandolin and one is lower, effectively like an octave mandolin.
They put the lowest on top, so it will be picked first when strummed from top to bottom (from G to E) but I like it better when the highest string is hit first.
So I've ordered a set of mandriola strings but will install them with highest string on top.
I'm really looking forward to playing a mandolin AND an octave at the same time :-) after waiting for delivery and restoring it.
Kentucky KM-805..........2 Hora M1086 Portuguese II(1 in car)
Hora M1088 Mandola.....
Richmond RMA-110..... .Noname Bearclaw
Pochette Franz Janisch...5 Pocket............Alfredo Privitera pocket
Puglisi Pocket 1908........Puglisi 1912.......Puglisi 1917
3 Mandolinetto ..............C.Garozzo
1 Mandriola...................Cannelo G. Mandriola...Böhm Waldzither 1921
Johs Møller 1945............Luigi Embergher Studio 1933
Marma Seashell back......Luigi Embergher 5bis 1909
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