I am working on a 6 course mandolino in curly walnut and Sitka spruce.
Tuning will be in 4th's rather than 5th's.
There is a specific instrument called a "mandolino".
Here is a brief description:
The mandolino
ese days the word ‘mandolino’ is used
in Italy to describe any kind of mandolin,
most often a Neapolitan or Roman variant,
but 300 years ago the ‘mandolino’ was a
specific style of small lute which had its own
repertoire and remained in use for the next
two centuries, although ‘modernized’ in the
second half of the 19 century. ese were
the instrument for which Vivaldi wrote his
mandolin concertos.
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