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Espana
mandolin
This Espana mandolin was made in Finland, go figure! Not an
expensive instrument and it could easily have become a
“parts” instrument, but it presented an interesting
challenge.
Many watermelon backed mandolins and even flat backs with
inlayed pick guards from the 30’s and 40’s get “crushed” by
the tension of the strings on a weak structure – the neck
and tail are pulled towards each other causing the type of
damage seen on the Espana. I had some thoughts on how to
approach this and wanted to experiment. You can see the
results – my plan worked! (My next test of this method is on
a lute that looks as though someone sat on it – stay tuned.)
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Ed Cunliff,
MandoAiki
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