Mandolin
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Mandolin
MANDOLIN;
Carmelo
;Vasiliki Dimopoulou
1967
618 cm x 200 cm x 149 cm (Number of strings: 8, string length: 338 mm, fingerboard width at the bridge: 28.5 mm, fingerboard width at the beginning of the body: 37.5 mm, sound hole diameter: 40-71 mm, saddle length: 120 mm, centre of saddle height: 12.5 mm, number of ribs: 19 +2, body dimensions: 306 x 200 x 136 mm, body circumference: 386 mm.)
Mandolin with a string length of 338 mm. It has 8 mechanical keys with ellipsoidal plastic heads and rings at the points where the pins exit from the headstock, as well as the same 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 consists of 19 ribs and 2 side ribs. The instrument has: a bridge made of a fret with a bone guide, a fingerboard with 19 frets for use by the fingers and 5 inlaid plastic finger placement guides, simple wooden bindings, mosaic around the top, an ellipsoidal sound hole with a slight indentation at the bottom, a black plastic pickguard with inlaid plastic decoration consisting of a plant and a lyra design, a wooden saddle with bone on top and a metal string holder with 8 hooks. There is a printed paper label inside the body, reading: “MANDOLINO TIP. N. 2 / PRODOTTO 10-8-1967 / MATR. No 027507 / CATANIA CARMELO / PRIMARIA FABBRICA / DI STRUMENTI MUSICALI / A CORDA – ARTISTICI DI / LUSSO E DA CONCERTO / SPECIALITA’ VIOLINI / CATANIA / Via Grotte Bianche, 10-15-15C / Tel. 214.133 – C. C. P. 16 8711”. The instrument is accompanied by a cloth case.