Monday, January 3, 2011

Cremonese Mandolin

On the subject, this Cremonese mandolin (left in picture) was apparently the popular form of the instrument in Vienna when Haydn and Beethoven were living and composing there. I had no idea of this when I built the ukulele-version copy (right in pic) as a special request. I wonder if there is anyone out there who still plays the Cremonese version of the mandolin- early music practitioners, mandolin enthusiasts, etc? It has four single courses in gut, according to Graham McDonald's excellent text on the subject, "The Mandolin Project."

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