Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2958
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	flat-back mandolin 
Subject
	321.322
Publisher
	unknown (gallery #1)
Walthari, Mittenwald (gallery #2)
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	cosmopolitan (Euro-American)
Format
	24.5 in. length (gallery #1)
8.9 in. greatest width of resonator (gallery #1)
2.8 in. greatest depth of resonator (gallery #1)
24.5 in. length (gallery #2)
10.3 in. greatest width of resonator (gallery #2)
3.8 in. greatest depth of resonator (gallery #2)
Identifier
	2576
	3437
Source
	North America
	Western Europe
Language
	EN
Coverage
	United States of America
	Germany
Alternative Title
	flatback mandolin
Medium
	wood
	string - wire
	string - wire-wound wire
	metal machine heads
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Bluegrass String Band from the United States
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Americas
	Europe
Provenance
	Lani Camilli gift
	Grinnell College Music Department
String carrier design for chordophone
	lute - joined
Resonator design for chordophone
	box with wood soundboard
String courses for chordophone
	double at unison
Vibrational length for chordophone
	pressure bridge to ridge-nut
String tension control for chordophone
	machine head
Method of sounding for chordophone
	plucking (direct)
Pitches per string course for chordophone
	multiple (by pressure stopping against fretted fingerboard)
Category of Instrument
	chordophone

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