Mandolin
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Mandolin
MANDOLIN;
Ioannis Gompakis
1918-1939
608 cm x 194 cm x 140 cm (Number of strings: 8, string length: 334 mm, headstock dimensions: 152 x 64 mm, fingerboard width at the bridge: 27 mm, fingerboard width at the beginning of the body: 37 mm, sound hole diameter: 67 x 39 mm, saddle length: 135 mm, centre of saddle height: 0.9 mm, number of ribs: 19+2, body dimensions: 305 x 194 x 140 mm, body circumference: 386 mm. String diameter: 1st: 0.20 – 0.20 mm, 2nd: 0.25 – 0.25 mm, 3rd: 0.54 – 0.54 mm, 4th: 0.69 – 0.69 mm.)
Mandolin made by Ioannis Gompakis, with a string length of 334 mm. It has 8 mechanical keys with round heads made of bone 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 is made of maple (kelebeki) and consists of 19 ribs and 2 side ribs. The instrument has: a wooden bridge followed by a fret, an ebony fingerboard with 22 frets and 2 inlaid disc-shaped finger placement guides made of shell, plain wooden bindings, a plastic pickguard (made of celluloid) in tortoise shell imitation, a wooden saddle with a fret on top and a metal string holder with 4 heads. The instrument has a printed label of the instrument-maker on the inside (only 3 letters are visible: “ΙΩΑ”), which for the most part is covered by a note from the buyer, that reads: “Το θαυμάσιο αυτό όργανο το / κατασκεύασε ο αριστοτέχνης / Ι. ΓΟΜΠΑΚΗΣ για το γυιο μου τον / Ιάκωβο, με τη θερμή ευχή να / γίνη ένα από τα καλύτερα στελέχη της ΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΗΣ ΜΑΝ- / ΤΟΛΙΝΑΤΑΣ του φίλου μου ΛΑΒΔΑ. / ΑΘΗΝΑΙ ΤΗ 28 Οκτωβρ. 1914 / Ο ΠΑΤΕΡΑΣ ΤΟΥ / ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ Ι. ΚΑΡΥΩΤΑΚΗΣ”. On the manufacturer's label, the following details are crudely written: “Απρίλιος 1914”, perhaps also a note from the buyer.