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MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin
Octave Mandolin
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Octave Mandolin - NEW (070227-MO)   STATUS - NOW AVAILABLE - Email or Phone to Order
Octave Mandolin. Made in China. Setup in Australia. Solid spruce soundboard. Tuned G-D-A-E, one octave down from standard mandolin tuning - same as tenor banjo or irish bouzouki. Top two courses steel. Bottom two courses wound and tuned in unison. Other tunings are possible.

All MandoHarp Mandolins come with a free MandoHarp Velvet Instrument Bag and a MandoHarp Polishing Cloth.

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Report for this particular instrument
Purchased new from an American distributor. Received in excellent condition. Required fret dressing, minor nut and bridge filing. No other work required. Tested okay to offer for sale by Dane Clarke at the workshops of MandoHarp Australia in Repton.
About the Tester
Dane is a professional systems engineer, academic and musician who has played for over forty years. He currently sings and plays harmonica, mandolin, mandola etc. with a celtic/folk/blues band, Headland and a celtic/gypsy band, The Gypsy Tarts. Dane has researched and practiced instrument maintenance, repair and tuning in earnest for the last five years or so (since retiring from full-time professional work), and during this time has often been privileged to meet and learn from some of Australia's premier artists and technicians. On the qualifications side of things, Dane has undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Business, and post-graduate qualifications in Information Technology and Education. He works as a part-time engineer and academic these days, and though he loves teaching computer engineering he enjoys himself much more when working on instruments and playing music!
FEATURES
Specifications for this particular instrument

Dimensions

Measurement mm inches
Overall Length
798
31
Body Width
264
10 3/8
Body Depth
70
2 3/4
Nut Width
490
19 1/4
Scale Length
40
1 9/16
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Construction Materials

Component Material
Sound Board Solid air-dried spruce
Side and Back Board Linden
Fretboard Dark rosewood
Neck Solid air-dried straight maple
Tuner Knobs Chrome
Headboard Solid air-dried dark rosewood
Nut Buffalo bone
Bridge and Saddle Rosewood bridge with metal saddle insert
Tailpiece Chrome with decorated cover plate and belt button end pin.
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FREE - Warranty

All MandoHarp instruments bought at a Buy it Now price now include a FREE, 6-month, return-to-base warranty against defects in parts and workmanship included in the Buy it Now price. Extended warranties and warranties for Auction purchases are also available for an addtional fee.

RETURNS POLICY - MandoHarp Australia eBay Returns Policy increased to 14 days

Our MandoHarp eBay Returns Policy has now been doubled in length from 7 to 14 days. Please see our eBay Returns Policy listing at the bottom of all our item descriptions.

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin
MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin
MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin
MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

 

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin

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MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin
MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin
MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin
MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin
MandoHarp - Octave Mandolin
About MandoHarp

At MandoHarp we play the instruments we sell! Each of our musician and craft associates has over thirty years experience within their area of expertise. MandoHarp supplies and repairs reed and string instruments for local music shops and individual musicians - we sell to our friends. At MandoHarp our pimary areas of expertise are Mandolins and Harmonicas, hence our name. We also have contracted associates who work with a wide range of instruments, especially folk. This is our first foray onto the internet and we look forward to meeting many new musical friends here. At MandoHarp we appreciate fine instruments and we want you to have them!

About MandoHarp Instruments

All MandoHarp instruments are tracked from the moment of their original creation or purchase. Each instrument is assessed by an expert musician when received and again before offering it for sale. A brief report is written and stored in our database for each item, noting paticularly our expert assessment on receipt, any work performed on the instrument and its final condition.

Personal Service

At MandoHarp we like to get to know our customers - we're musicians and we like to get to know other musicians. We love to talk with musicians whenever possible [probably a bit too much! :)]. And especially musicians who are interested in our instruments. Please feel more than welcome to email (info@mandoharp.com) or phone us (61- 2-66554545) to discuss your music at any time.

Inspections, trials and pickup by prior arrangement are welcome at our workshops in Repton, near Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast.

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