Nicola Spoto

Nicola SPOTO mandolin from 1917

Nicola SPOTO worked in two different workshops. The most important is that of Naples but he also worked in 1901 in a workshop near Nizza in France. He worked until 1925.
Its instruments are located between Vinaccia and Calace. He is not as well known as Stridente or De Meglio, in the same range, but his work is nonetheless of just as good quality.

Body: 21 rib rosewood
Top: Spruce
Handle: Beech veneered with rosewood
Mechanics: Hidden Neapolitan Mechanics
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Nut width: 25 mm
Frets: 23 brass frets
Scale: 332 mm
Pickguard: Tortoiseshell inlaid with mother-of-pearl
Year: 1917
Country of manufacture: Italy (Naples)
Decorations: Tortoiseshell / Mother-of-pearl / Ebony / Rosewood / Maple and rosewood bindings