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By Shaun Newman with Photographs Bv Andrew Mcninch -renrune vnn',lcr r'Fenr r iv,lrrLDi'Ni WNGA ByShaun Newman with photographs bVAndrew McNinch Why wouldyou want to makea only fit to play light or inferior music for€finger), then tortoiseshell and in studying them to envisagethe stcps mandolin?Perhaps you haveread - but iust listen to Mvaldii mandolin now, ofcourse, plastic. In a time needed (and the correct sequenceif CaptainCorellit Mandolinby Louis concerto, or works by RaffaeleCalace ofvariation other forms emerged, frustrating pitfalls are to be avoided) de Berniires,or seenthe film? or Pi€tro D€nis, to discover how but it was not until the mandolin to bring the two'dimcnsional drawing Perhapsyou haveheard Vivaldii seriously both composers and players arrived in thc USA in the 1880s to three-dimensional life. I 6nd ConcertoFor Two Mandolins(or take the instrument. Beethoven that the modifrcation to the llatback it valuable to trace from the plan ,ohn Williams'transcription for two wrote four works for mandolin and (attributed to Orville Gibson ofthe onto parchment, then draw around guitars)?Perhaps you areattracted piano and even played the mandolin now famous Gibson company) really th€ transparent templates with a by the ideaofa small,easily portable himself. It has e 6rm place in iazz, gained popularity. The instrument sharp pencil directly onto the wood, instrumentoflovely shape, or simply bluegrassand folk music, and can quickly became establishedand, ov€r following cenir€ lines or fret spacing by the challengeofmaking something even be heard in the opening riff time, €ntire mandolin orchestras a little dilierent?Perhaps... Well, of Rod Stewart!'Maggie Mayl The becam€ popular.. The rest, as they Next comes th€ sel€ction of why wouldyou not want to makea mandolin clearly has a wide appeal say,is history. timbers. The instruments illustrated mandolin?! to lov€rs ofmany styles ofmusic. It The modern mandolin is an A few misguidedpeople do not take is lovely to look at, has a fascinating extremely versatile instrument which the mandolinseriously, thinking it history, and making one offers all comes in three distinct forms: the ; .1 sorts ofopportunities. I could not traditional 'bowl backed; in which --trt resist the challenge for this article laminated strips are used to make the and have made two instruments in distinctive body resembling halfa a slightly different design and have Terry's Oran8e; the 'carved top;which started a third! is construct€d rather in the style of a violin; and the'flatbacK which is History the one I chose to make and which I Themandolin belongs to a wide describe in this article. familyofinstruments - the mandola, the octavemandolin, the mandocello Construction andthe mandobass.The earliest The first step in making a mandolin wasderived from a sopranoform is to get hold ofa plan. lt can be here are made from rosewood and ofthe m€dievallute knownas the puzzling that plans often com€ with koa (sometim€s mixed) for th€ mandore.The mandore was'bowl no instructions, some even with no backs and sides; spruce or cedar backed:had six pairsof strings m€asurements,being accurate full' for the tops; and cedar, mahogany andwas plucked with the fingers. scaledrawings. Tim€ must be spent or poplar for the hcad and neck. Towardsthe endofthe tSth c€ntury The fingerboards are ofebony or a new form developed,principally birdt eye maple. lt is accept€d that in Naples- stillwith a bowlback, the mandolin can be made from a but with iust four pairsofstdngs variety oftimbers - from traditional madefrom gut, brass,steel or silk. hardwoods such as walnut, apple or One maker,Giovanni Fouchetti pear for the back and sides,to any (1724-1793),perhaps trying to get available resonant timber that will the bestofallworlds, usedbrass for not twist when reduced to around the lowerstrings, gut for the middle 2 mm ofthickness - allowing wide onesand silk for the trcbles.The scope to the imagination ofthe so-calledNeapolitan period saw the first useofa plectrum.originally a Once the timber has been selected goosequill wasused (sharpened to and stor€d in a dry place, it is time a point andsometimes tied to the to start work on a mould. 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Once the front several contrasting woods may be contact at this point is essential, has been thickness€d to around 2 used, with decomtive inlays between otherwise the sound will be impaired. mm, the cross bracescan be 6tted them- The lace and wedgejig holds A nickel silver tailpiece is fitt€d to and then scalloped and gabled, both everything together while the glue the lower end ofthe mandolin,it for eleganceand for an even sound cures.lfjust two pieces of timber holds the €nds ofthe strings firmly in distribution- are used, the centreioin should be place and is also designed to prevent when the glue has 6rmly set, the strengthened with a cross banding of them buzzing against the body of the sidesand neck assemblycan b€ spruce; alternatively, if several pieces instrument. lt is possible to make one of these tailpieces,but considering the reasonableprice, this is an item worth buying. 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