Mandolin

	The Love Letter (detail) Johannes Vermeer

This family of instruments originated in Italy in the 17th Century and, like the cittern, the mandolin has a flat back, steel wire strings and brass frets. It has four or five pairs of strings tuned to the same notes as a violin and it was designed to be played with a plectrum (rather than the finger-picking style used for the lute), played very often with a characteristic "tremolo" - fast strumming back and forth on a string. The bright sound of the mandolin makes it an ideal accompaniment for dance and song and, because it was relatively inexpensive and fairly easy to play, it became very popular in ordinary households. Nevertheless, both Mozart and Beethoven wrote music specifically for the mandolin, and it featured as an instrument of the orchestra until 1755.

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RWC Mandolin

	Carved and gilded rose on the late 16th Italian cittern by Gasparo da Salò

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Mandolin Kit

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Mandolin Technical Plan

	Carved rose with underlying layer of parchment on an anonymous mid - late 17th century Italian cittern from the V&A Museum

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Mandolin Accessories and Spare Parts

Mandolin Availability and delivery time

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Mandolin Configuration, References and Prices

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			Ref.				Price [1]
	Cittern - 4 course -bb, gg'g, d'd', e'e'
	Finished Instrument
	Cittern - 4 course -bb, gg'g, d'd', e'e'		FCI		Finished		788.04	RWC
	Kit + drawing + instructions + license
	Cittern - 4 course -bb, gg'g, d'd', e'e'		KCI		Kit		285.91	RWC
	Drawing + instructions + license
	Cittern - 4 course -bb, gg'g, d'd', e'e'		PCI		Plan		47.62	RWC
	Accessories and Spares
	Soft padded bag for Cittern		SBCI		Finished			RWC
	Light Hard Case for Cittern		HCCI		Finished			RWC
	Stringing set		SCI		Set			RWC

Prices and Exchange rates
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Exchange rates 1 RWC= 1.585 GBP 1.725 EUR 1.973 USD 210.4 JPY 2.744 CAD 3.017 AUD 1.925 CHF 144.3 RUB 13.97 CNY 35.84 ZAR 46.99 MXN

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