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In the Mandolin Cafe Message Board
you can find a huge
mass of information about everything related to the mandolin. You can
take part in discussions, upload pictures and get help for your
problems.
You can also go to
the Mandolin
Cafe Homepage to finde more
information including a almost complete
list of all builders of mandolins and much more.
German
doppelstopp
Blog by Volker Dick
about bluegrass and
mandolin.
On the homepage of the
German Association for Plucked
Strings BDZ-Homepage
there is a new Forum
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Hervé
Coufleau is a french
luthier specialized in bluegrass guitars
and mandolins. I have visited Hervé during my holiday in
2005
and could try one of his mandolins. This mandolin had been played by
John Monteleone on a visit in France and has been found to be good. I
also liked this mandolin very much - and sice January 2006 I am the
lucky owner of this red Coufleau mandolin!
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A site of a luthier
specialized in lutes, copies of old
mandolins and a mandola after Paul Hums: Matthias
Wagner
His shop is close to
Freiburg near Müllheim.
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A German onlineshop for
mandolins: www.bluegrass.de
. With many interesting pictures of mandolins.
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Two
onlineshops for
mandolins and guitars from the USA:
Elderly |
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Mandolin
Brothers in Staten Island, |
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Another great site for finding vintage and new guitars
or mandolins is Vintage Guitars on VintageandRare.com
Mandolins can be found here: Mandolin-mandolin-family-190 |
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The best source for all
kind of picks in Germany - I think I
have already ordered many picks from them: tone-toys.com
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Carlo Mazzaccara has a
shop in Napoli and restores old
mandolins by Calace, Vinaccia and Embergher. On his homepage oldmandolin.com
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The
Mandolinenorchester
Euterpe from Bozen has compiled a huge collection
of Links
related to the mandolin from all over the world. I think this might be
the most complete and up to date collection I know. |
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Interesting in
Italy is also the homepage of FMI: Federazione
Mandolinistica Italiana |
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Ralf Leenen
und Barry
Pratt have written a book about mandolins by Luigi Embergher. This book
can be ordered from
Neues
Buch
über Embergher Mandolinen und Aufnahmen
The site contains many examples of Embergher mandolins played by Ralf
Leenen and his orchestra
Orchester
Royal Estudiantina 'La Napolitaine', Antwerpen
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Worlds best Bluegrass
webradio from Japan: Toshibos's
Webradio
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Hober is another webradio
with pure acoustic music - I have
listened to many good songs: Hober
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Haus
der
Musik Joachim Trekel
The source
for sheet music for mandolin and plucked
Instruments (classical and mandolin orchestra)
Joachim Trekel is a publishing company specialized in music for
mandolin and plucked instruments - you can find almost everything
available for plucked instruments. You can order sheet music,
instruments and other stuff from the onlineshop. |
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Martin's
Musikkiste - very personal and
excellent online shop with a large
selection of strings at very good prices. |
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Onlineshop for musical instruments, strings, and more (partnerlink):
Musikinstrumente und Noten bei musik-direkt.com |
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mandolinoitaliano
- Marco Onoratis Shop for "Vintage and Rare
Italian Mandolins" - They also offer copies of Embergher mandolins. |
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The
Acoustic Music Company - This
shop in Brighton has a large
selection of excellent mandolins, including Gibson, Phoenix, Oldwave
and also mandolins and octave mandolins built especially for AMC.
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The
bigger brothers of
the archtop mandolins are the archtop guitars. Archtop guitars are
mainly used in Jazz, the German site Archtop-germany
contains all about makers, players, etc. |
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Dawgnet
- homepage of David Grismans Acoustic Disc; here you can listen to two
songs of all the acoustic disc CDs. And every day there is a free
download of one song! |
