Re: Amatus and WB--another one
- From: Joel M. Eichen <joeleichen@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:59:09 -0400
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:26:18 GMT, "Amatus Cremona"
<Nicola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> My brother does have custody of an early 20th century Gibson "A" style
>> mandolin. I tried briefly to play it maybe 30 years ago.
>
>An old "bowl" shaped mandolin would be fun to learn how to play.
His brother was in barber school and used it for haircuts .....
> Lots of
>old folk tunes from the _Old-Country_ sound good on that instrument. I
>check eBay from time to time, but most of the vintage mandolins have
>separated seams on the back, cracked necks, messed up peg-boxes, etc. I
>would hate to invest in a risky eBay purchase, then spend hundreds on a
>luthier to put it right.
>
>A mandolin tunes the same as my "precious". So, it would easier to jump
>over to than a guitar. Might be a good project for next summer. Right now,
>my music teacher is trying to make sure I don't get any free time. If I
>tell her an etude she had me practice was _easy_, I have to perform that
>piece perfectly for her, and then get 2-3x more assignments to learn for the
>next time.
.
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