The Mandolin & Cittern Source

The Lombardic Mandolin

Surviving instrument with 5 courses by Antonio Stradivari, 1680, Italy.
From around 1650, the baroque mandolin developed in Italy from the mandore. It had 4-6 courses of gut strings and was played with the fingers or a wooden plectrum.

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Details: 6 course baroque mandolin.
Made by: Liuteria d'insieme, Italy..

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Details: 6 course baroque mandolin.
Made by: Nikos Agrimakis, Greece

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Details: 6 course baroque mandolin.
Made by: Stepan Tykhonenko, Ukraine.

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