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Old
French fluted bowl-back This is an
old, bowl-back mandolin,
French-built probably in the 1930s. It is in excellent
condition after minimal restoration.
There is a top stamp which says… P.
Mangenot (Installed
in Mirecourt in 1890, Paul Mangenot sold the name to Laberte in 1928.
Instruments pre 1928 have a label inside, and after a top stamp.) https://www.luthiers-mirecourt.com/mangenot1.htm
This instrument is now fully playable after restoration. The top is
sound with
no repairs. It
has a 21-piece rosewood bowl back with no repairs. It
has a new inlaid concert fingerboard in ebony set on a shim. The
tuners,
tail, and bridge are original. It retains the original French polished
finished throughout. It has been restrung with ultra-light
GHS bronze wound classical
strings and is now playing well with a bright
rounded sound, and an easy playing action. Other
than cleaning,
I have repaired as follows… 1) made and fitted a new fingerboard in
ebony and bone nut to replace the original very thin one, and provide some
bridge room; 2) touched up varnish around repair; 3) reglued some loose
edging; and 4) strung and set up
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