Mandocello
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Mandocello
MANDOCELLO;
Dimitrios Mourtzinos
Αρχές 20ου αιώνα
955 cm x 340 cm x 202 cm (Number of strings: 8, string length: 588 mm, headstock dimensions: 198 x 66 mm, fingerboard width at the bridge: 38 mm, fingerboard width at the beginning of the body: 48.5 mm, sound hole diameter: 118 x 68 mm, saddle length: 228 mm, centre of saddle height: 10 mm, number of ribs: 29+2, body dimensions: 499 x 340 x 187 mm, body circumference: 572 mm. String diameter: 1st: 0.70 – 0.76 mm, 2nd: 0.9 – 0.9 mm, 3rd: 1.2 – 1.2 mm, 4th: 1.82 – 1.82 mm.)
Mandocello made by Dimitrios Mourtzinos, with a string length of 588 mm. It has 8 mechanical keys with round heads made of bone and an equal number of metal wound strings divided into 4 groups (2+2+2+2). Its body is made of rosewood and consists of 29 ribs and 2 side ribs. The instrument has: a bone bridge, an ebony fingerboard with 20 frets played with the fingers, 7 inlaid disc-shaped finger placement guides made of shell, plain and mosaic wooden bindings, circumflex-shaped elements made of shell around the ellipsoidal sound hole, a tortoise shell pickguard, a wooden saddle with a fret on top and a metal string holder with 4 heads. The pickguard is decorated with a vegetal pattern and a lyra in the centre. The lyra, leaves and flowers are made of shell, and the branches are made of silver. Inside the body, there is a printed paper label in the shape of a lyra, reading: “ΟΡΓΑΝΟΠΟΙΕΙΟΝ / ΔΗΜ. ΜΟΥΡΤΖΙΝΟΥ / ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ 67 ΟΔΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΚΟΤΡΩΝΗ”. The label also features designs of medals, musical instruments (guitar, mandolin and lyre), as well as a child with wings holding a musical score and a stick with a harlequin head on top.