Mandola
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Mandola
MANDOLA;
Brothers P. Panagi
1918-1939
935 cm x 318 cm x 185 cm (Number of strings: 8, string length: 592 mm, headstock dimensions: 175 x 63 mm, neck length: 298 mm, fingerboard width at the bridge: 37 mm, fingerboard width at the beginning of the body: 46 mm, sound hole diameter: 64-104 mm, saddle length: 159 mm, centre of saddle height: 10 mm, number of ribs: 23+2, body dimensions: 466 x 318 x 175 mm, body circumference: 531 mm.)
Mandola made by the Panagi brothers, with a string length of 592 mm. It has 8 mechanical keys with round heads and an equal number of metal strings divided into 4 groups (2+2+2+2). The 4 thinner strings are plain, while the rest are wound. Its body consists of 23 ribs and 2 side ribs. The instrument has: a bone bridge, a fingerboard with 20 frets and 7 inlaid disc-shaped finger placement guides, plain wooden bindings, an ellipsoidal sound hole, a plastic pickguard (made of celluloid), a wooden saddle with bone and a metal string holder with 4 heads. Tthere is a printed label with the details of the manufacturer inside the body, reading: “ΑΦΟΙ Π. ΠΑΝΑΓΗ / ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΤΑΙ / ΜΟΥΣΙΚΩΝ ΟΡΓΑΝΩΝ / ΧΑΒΡΙΟΥ 9 (Στοά Κοσμά) / ΑΘΗΝΑ / Τ[ηλ.] 314[…]”, as well as a repair label: “ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΣΚΕΥΗ / ΖΟΖΕΦ ΤΕΡΖΙΒΑΣΙΑΝ / ΛΕΩΦ. ΒΑΣ. ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ 85 / ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ”.