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Category:Mandolin (19th century) from Italy. MET 89.4.1069

References

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  • [89.4.1069] Mandolin. Italy (19th century).
    "​ Dimensions: L. 1 ft. 10 in., W. 8 in. ",
    "​ Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 ",
    "​ [Description] 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. "
    • (1904) Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Europe, vol. I, Category:New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 35

Further reading

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  • mandolins - Genuese mandolin. ATLAS of Plucked Instruments.
    "​The Genuese mandolin appeared around 1780 and did not last long. "
  • Matthias Wagner (2009). 6 course genuese mandolin; Original: private collection, France.
    "​This Instrument does unfortunately have no label. But on the other hand, there exists some other instruments of nearly the same style that do have a brand stamp "C/N". Genuese Mandolin about 1700 - rose These initials may be dedicated to the instrument maker Christian Nonnenmacher. According to the fact that there did not survive so much instruments of this type and less makers are known I attribute this instrument to Christian Nonnenmacher. "

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