Dave Hynds   Mandolin Luthier:   S W France

     Hello, welcome to my site. I now live/work, repairing mandolins and related instruments, in S. W. France. 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. 

   I sell restored mandolins and some other instruments, through ebay, under dave17120 but also here on my site. I undertake private mandolin repairs, and also buy broken instruments. I also build new instruments in the mandolin family, plus a few others, to order.

Instr. Care  looking after it.. Posting Boxes  how to pack up safely... Payment  paying & postage Contact FAQ Links useful sites Legal Bits boring stuff...
New Instruments

bouzoukis, mandolins, mandolas, citterns made to order...

Restored Instrument Sales

what I currently have restored for sale...

 Hospital Triage   

where to start with repairs...

Mandolin Hospital

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

Restoration Parts   

bits to fix it with...

 Accessories: including cases, bags and stands.    New Bridges New Tailpieces Tuners new, old and repairs... Strings  GHS, Lenzner Tuning mandolin family instruments Setting Up nut, bridge & string height
Banjo Page Fado Page Waldzither Page Bandurria Page Violin Page Harp Page Psaltery Page Domra Page
History illustrated New  or Up-dated:   Tone Wood
Italian Makers alphabetic list German_Makers

new tailpieces         domra bridge      String loop-winder

new restorations again

 Dictionary Engl, Fr, Span, Ital, Germ.
Japanese luthiers French Luthiers 

 

  Revised: 07 May 2013 22:42:17 +0200    Installed Apr 2010

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