Description
Antic concert mandolin, Neapolitan model CATANIA – made in Sicily.
Dating from the early 20th – between 1900 and 1910
Concert fingerboard for modern playing (thicker fingerboard than originally) – see photos, fingerboard extending across the hole – special concert, allowing to put current string (008 / 009)
Spruce top
21 sides in Indian Rosewood
Brass tuners
Completely original except the fingerboard which has been re-adapted for concert use, explained above…
Tortoiseshell and celluloid decoration, Art Deco, leather decoration on the edge of the table…
Sound is brilliant, powerful, ‘melodic’ period sound of much higher quality than today’s sounds.
some traces of wear due to its age, the instrument does not suffer from any defect, ready to play, for professionals or not…
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