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Summary
Mandolin ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Mandolin
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Description |
Italian; Mandolin; Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted;
Known as a “mandola o mandolino alla Genovese”, this mandoline has six pairs of gut strings, fifteen rosewood ribs, and mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell inlays. It differs from other gut-strung mandolins in being tuned an octave higher than the modern guitar (e, a, d’, g’ b-natural, e”) and having a guitar-like peg block. |
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Date |
19
th
century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Medium | Wood, various materials | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | L. 1 ft. 10 in., W. 8 in. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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Current location |
Musical Instruments
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Accession number |
89.4.1069
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Place of creation | (Italy) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer |
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/180013407
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Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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