Troy sent me these photos. No, unfortunately this is not my mandolin nor have I seen it in person. In any case he is a seasoned violin builder with an interest in mandolin. His contact is harrisf5@gmail.com. His web site is not together quite yet.
Jim
Jim
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Nice quilted back
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
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Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
VERY nice in all aspects in a tastefully simplistic - yet elegant - way!
Keep up the great work.
"The more I learn, the more I realize how ignorant I truly am..."
That is a beauty. Elegant.
Tony
Tony Huber
1930 Martin Style C #14783
2011 Mowry GOM
2013 Hester F4 #31
2014 Ellis F5 #322
2017 Nyberg Mandola #172
Nice work, what are the woods used?
"Can I have a little more talent in the monitors please?"
Nice!
I haven't seen tuner buttons like those before. What are they?
Bill
IM(NS)HO
I emailed Troy to keep an eye on this thread, so hopefully he can answer your questions.
Jim
Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
That's an elegant inlay. I like!
The tuners look like Waverlys with pearl buttons.
Andrew Mowry
Mowry Stringed Instruments
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woooooha
Thanks Jim for posting these photos. I was surprised by my inbox this morning with the sudden interest in my mandolins. The wood used is Engelmann spruce top, big leaf maple back, and red maple ribs and neck. I used to live in the northwest before moving to the northeast to study violin making. While in Washington, I build mandolins with the local variety of wood. Now, in New York, I mainly use red spruce and sugar or red maple. But I still occasionally build with big leaf. The tuners are Waverly with MOP buttons. Thanks for the compliments, Troy
Very classy looking. Gotta love that quilt!
russell
Bulldog F #5
You did a fantastic job! It doesent get any better than that.
"If at first you don't succeed, then keep on suckin' till you do succeed."
What's not to like, it's stunning......
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And London never fails to leave me blue
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