Features "Soundboard: White Pine Fingerboard: Jacarandá Type of wood: Nogal Tuning Pegs: Metallic Material Strings: Metallic Bridge: Bolivian Jacaranda and bronze frets Tuning: Mi 4.40.
Approx. Size: Length: 70 cm. (27.56") Width: 27cm. (10.63").
A mandolin is a small, plucked, stringed musical instrument, descended from the mandora. It is characterized by: Twelve strings in four pairs (courses), normally tuned to the tones g, d, a, and e" (like the violin), that are plucked with a plectrum, A body with a teardrop-shaped Sound table (i.e. face), or one that is essentially oval in shape, A neck with a flat (or slightly radiused) fretted fingerboard, and a flat nut and bridge, Tuning pegs inserted through the back of the necks head, or machined metal gears and pins in lieu of the pegs, A Sound table with a Sound hole, or f-shaped Sound holes, that are open and not latticed." |