EARLY MANDOLIN
This is a copy of the 6-Course instrument attributed to Vinaccia, Naples in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Misical Instruments It has 8 frets and a fingerboard that is flush with the soundboard, flat pegboard and saggital pegs. There are 20 rosewood ribs separated with strips of boxwood The scratchplate is in snakewood, and the decorations are in synthetic ivory, mother of pearl and ebony. It shares the characteristics of the 'Neapolitan 4-course mandolin' of a very deep body, angled soundboard and end-fixed strings It was strung with various combinations of gut, brass, silk and steel strings.
SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 542mm
Maximum width: 165mm
String length: 290mm
Tuning: g d' a' e"a"e"'