The Mandolin & Cittern Source

The Mandolin & Cittern Source



The Brescian or Cremonese Mandolin



Illustration from a book by Bartolomeo Bortolazzi, published in Italy and Germany in 1805.
The Brescian or Cremonese mandolin was devloped about 1800. Unlike earlier mandolins, it was tuned in fifths like modern mandolins, not fourths. The strings were gut.



Details: 4 string Brescian mandolin.
Made by: Josh Humphrey, USA.


Details: 4 string Brescian mandolin.
Made by: Federico Gabrielli, Italy.


Details: 4 string Brescian mandolin.
Made by: Lorenzo Lippi, Italy.