Dave Hynds   Mandolin Luthier    

needles plzzHello, welcome to my site. I now live/work, repairing mandolins and related instruments. What started as a hobby became a passion. I decided at the outset to record my passion pictorially for the benefit of others with similar interests. I hope you will find my site useful. 

  Moving house next week; Site will be updating slowly during July and August :)

Instrument Care  looking after it..

Legal Bits boring stuff... Contact FAQ Links and useful sites

New Instruments currently not building

Mandolin Hospital

   typical problems...  restoration projects..    how to do it yourself...

Hospital Triage: where to start with repairs...

(Updated June 23)

Restored Instruments  for sale... very few until I have moved.
 Replacement Bridges: Restoration Parts: bits to fix it with...
Replacement Tailpieces Tuners: new, old, repairs.. Tails: types
   New Gigbags/Cases Mandolin Hospital F/b Page Fantasy Writer: my other passion New Sleeve Guards
Classical mandolin luthiers Setting Up: nut, bridge & string height Tuning mandolin family instruments  Mandolin Galleries: mandolin family and related instruments.
Dictionary: Engl, Fr, Span, Ital, Germ. Short Mandolin History illustrated  Other Instruments: waldzither, banjo, harp, domra, banjo, nyckelharpa, etc Notation Translator:  Eng/Fr/ Germ/Sp/Ital...