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Old
Italian bowl-back This is an old, Italian bowl-back mandolin, with a new concert fingerboard installed. It is in good condition after restoration. There is a label which says… Alfonso
Moretti Fabricant
Mandolini And
stamped across it is…‘imported by Ball
Beavon & Co.,
The top is sound and has No repairs. It
has a 19-piece
rosewood bowl back with 1 seam repair.
It has the new
concert rosewood fingerboard and new
frets. The tuners
and tail are original, but
the ebony bridge is new. It retains its
original French polished finish throughout. It has been restrung with ultra-light
GHS bronze wound classical strings, and is now playing well with
a bright, well-balanced, ringing tone, and fair volume. It has
an easy action. The
fingerboard and top have been treated with ‘Lem-Oil’ to inhibit the
adherence of grease. Other than cleaning, I have repaired as follows… 1) repaired 1 open seam in the back; 2) made and fitted a new concert fingerboard in rosewood; 3) fitted a new bone nut; 4) made and fitted a new ebony and brass bridge; and 5) renewed anti-vibration felt.
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