Ebony mandolin
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Ebony mandolin
MANDOLIN;
Fotis Avgeris
;Eleni Noufraki
658 cm x 195 cm x 133 cm (Number of strings: 8, string length: 332 mm, headstock dimensions: 186 x 70 mm, neck length: 149 mm, fingerboard width at the bridge: 28 mm, fingerboard width at the beginning of the body: 38.5 mm, sound hole diameter: 43-79 mm, saddle length: 80 mm, centre of saddle height: 9 mm, number of ribs: 27 +2, body dimensions: 311 x 195 x 124 mm, body circumference: 378 mm.)
Mandolin made by Fotis Avgeris, with a string length of 332 mm. It has 8 mechanical keys with bone round heads and an equal number of metal strings divided into 4 pairs (2+2+2+2). The 4 thinner strings are plain, while the rest are wound. Its body is made of ebony and consists of 27 ribs and 2 side ribs. The instrument has: a bone bridge, an ebony fingerboard with 24 frets and 8 inlaid finger placement guides made of shell, plain wooden and plastic bindings, an ellipsoidal sound hole, a pickguard in tortoise shell imitation with vegetal decoration made of shell and plastic, a wooden saddle with bone and a metal string holder with an opening cap. The two metal plates of the mechanical keys are densely engraved with vegetal designs. On the inside of the body, there is a printed paper label that reads: “Κατασκευή / ΦΩΤΗΣ ΑΥΓΕΡΗΣ / Λυκούργου 10 / ΑΘΗΝΑΙ”, as well as the stamp imprint: “Φ. ΑΥΓΕΡΗΣ”.