Tumblr (3.0; @mandoisland)http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/<p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEstudiantina_Jemmapoise.jpg" title="By Anonyme (Carte-postale ancienne) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank"><img alt="Estudiantina Jemmapoise" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Estudiantina_Jemmapoise.jpg/512px-Estudiantina_Jemmapoise.jpg" width="512"/></a></p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/53026115798http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/53026115798Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:48:02 +0200<p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEstudiantina_hendayaise.jpg" title="By Anonyme (Carte-postale ancienne) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank"><img alt="Estudiantina hendayaise" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Estudiantina_hendayaise.jpg" width="512"/></a></p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/53026002848http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/53026002848Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:45:56 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb5o1bdd501qanuazo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52939771850http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52939771850Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:07:29 +0200<p><a href="http://music.cbc.ca/concerts/Celtic-Guitar-Summit---2012-Celtic-Colours-Festival-2012-10-11" target="_blank">http://music.cbc.ca/concerts/Celtic-Guitar-Summit&#8212;-2012-Celtic-Colours-Festival-2012-10-11</a></p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52939459301http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52939459301Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:57:32 +0200<p><a href="http://music.cbc.ca/concerts/CBC-Slide-Guitar-Summit-2013-01-31" target="_blank">http://music.cbc.ca/concerts/CBC-Slide-Guitar-Summit-2013-01-31</a></p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52939430240http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52939430240Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:56:33 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/10d9195b36167b2c4b36e86faad7c557/tumblr_mocn89GXWQ1r8qouko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://e-hump.tumblr.com/post/52892685220/got-a-mandolin-today-apparently-its-from-like" target="_blank">e-hump</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Got a Mandolin today, apparently it’s from like the 60s</p> </blockquote>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52938378166http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52938378166Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:20:16 +0200<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2hcI8LpD5V0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Video about guitar tops, kinds of spruce, …very interesting!</p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52869045792http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52869045792Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:36:58 +0200<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/68007497" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Great project:</p> <p>19th Century technology meets 21st Century music over a bottle of beer in the latest extension to the Beck’s Record Label project.</p> <p>This time, the art label has evolved, and been replaced by the grooves of Auckland band Ghost Wave. Their new single was inscribed into the surface of a Beck’s beer bottle which could then be played on a specially-built device based on Thomas Edison’s original cylindrical phonograph.</p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52866532835http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52866532835Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:41:16 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/346a22724db012a2399ae79755122c9f/tumblr_mo5k8r5An11qzftq5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://victoryxrose.tumblr.com/post/52731543342" target="_blank">victoryxrose</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Good Company Art Print by Amy Hamilton </p> </blockquote>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52864093628http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52864093628Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:40:14 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2fb59774de23459d230abab848caae24/tumblr_moalcj6QQr1ripsg6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jedimouseketeer.tumblr.com/post/52803238915/original-gibson-1915-mandocello-gibsonguitar" target="_blank">jedimouseketeer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Original Gibson 1915 Mandocello! @gibsonguitar #mandolin #guitar #gibson</p> </blockquote>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52864079754http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52864079754Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:39:50 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9e7efaccf8d515beb1a3880796fe7cfa/tumblr_moblqtKH8l1qb322wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52864060868http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52864060868Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:39:19 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb094d28e2620078517f072e4a49671a/tumblr_moc0e2zZwi1rt14k4o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c0bcb85201d3818afce5c478e8f1fbab/tumblr_moc0e2zZwi1rt14k4o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Global Wind Day 06/15</p> <p><a href="http://www.globalwindday.org/home/" target="_blank">http://www.globalwindday.org/home/</a></p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52863985124http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52863985124Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:37:17 +0200global+wind+day<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/21f11455e08b1bb589753d638a4122b6/tumblr_mo9wxxty9b1rt14k4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mandolin 1</p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52779628992http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52779628992Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:27:33 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b51e2f1e01ae441c5582c9d8ea87fc0/tumblr_mo9wl6UqH91rt14k4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mandolins, Bouzoukis, etc….</p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52779413329http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52779413329Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:19:54 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e3d7b48d458b6929a3adfd48638f555/tumblr_mo6ked6xJR1rt14k4o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4432a85780b37637f6ce4a99d004c8a6/tumblr_mo6ked6xJR1rt14k4o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>THE</strong> Mandolin</p> <p>(ca. 1914)</p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52626455245http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52626455245Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:03:52 +0200mandolin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bbb53827d6d55b8f649e1e78f08e70bf/tumblr_mo28tiqcrX1son1alo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fyeahmandolins.tumblr.com/post/52465921044/x-ray-of-a-mandolin-made-by-luthier-lynn" target="_blank">fyeahmandolins</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>X-ray of a mandolin made by luthier Lynn Dudentbostel.</p> </blockquote> <p>It’s not easy to see what’s inside the mandolin…X-ray helps</p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52625317223http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52625317223Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:37:48 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/733aa18316b012e736d859de6d376cd9/tumblr_mo4r21Uubk1rjpsc8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://labraid.tumblr.com/post/52545774041/ready-for-a-top-on-flickr" target="_blank">labraid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/l4braid/8995892203/" title="Ready for a top" target="_blank">Ready for a top</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote> <p>Great classical (Roman / Embergher style) mandolin building of today</p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52625227412http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52625227412Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:35:47 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2f68e8b304919ee80f3a4658f3a5bc4/tumblr_mo4v21Bx4J1s1okg5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fashionsfromhistory.tumblr.com/post/52554599636/mandolin-case-antonio-petroni-1865-v-a" target="_blank">fashionsfromhistory</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mandolin & Case</p> <p>Antonio Petroni </p> <p>1865</p> <p><a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O58936/mandolin-petroni-antonio/" target="_blank">V&A</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Both the instrument and the case are very interesting and beautiful!</p>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52625181514http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52625181514Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:34:41 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4231d10525969c84306bb5d0899f0b40/tumblr_mn8nv5KFzQ1rrnekqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://books0977.tumblr.com/post/52571295469/mary-hopkinson-c-1764-benjamin-west-american" target="_blank">books0977</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mary Hopkinson (<span>c.1764). </span><span>Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820). O</span><span>il on canvas. </span><span>Smithsonian American Art Museum.</span></p> <p><span>Mary Hopkinson was the wife of Dr. John Morgan, chief surgeon of the Continental army and founder of the Penn Medical School. </span><span>West painted from a miniature of Mary brought to London. The </span><span>mandolin was a fashionable instrument for aristocratic ladies. She wears a lavish pink satin gown with a sable collar and pearls. This outfit was not typical dress for colonial women, but was invented by West to conjure 18th-century European tastes for all things related to the Orient.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>This is not a mandolin, it is an English guittar!</p> <p>see details at</p> <h2><a href="http://www.mandoisland.com/?p=4191" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: The English Guittar or Cittern A popular Plucked String Instrument of the 18th Century" target="_blank">The English Guittar or Cittern – A popular Plucked String Instrument of the 18th Century</a></h2>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52625056781http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52625056781Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:31:41 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/de3d884780c9ed3e2cd3368255dce702/tumblr_mnsuydxIzD1son1alo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fyeahmandolins.tumblr.com/post/52073662960/chris-thile-doing-what-he-wants" target="_blank">fyeahmandolins</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Chris Thile. Doing what he wants.</p> </blockquote>http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52284685208http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/post/52284685208Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:25:55 +0200