Stridente
Strident mandolin 1900's
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Typical of Neapolitan mandolin making, Stridente, one of the best known mandolin makers of the late 19th/early 20th century, made superb mandolins. In the pure style of Neapolitan manufacturing of the time, these mandolins are often rich in decorations and very delicate violin making.
This is a very quality model. The fingerboard has been changed as well as the bridge, to make the mandolin fully playable.
- Body: 21 Rosewood Ribs
- Top: Spruce
- Handle: Beech veneered Rosewood
- Mechanics: Typical Hidden Mechanics x2
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Nut width: 30 mm
- Frets: 17 flat brass frets
- Scale: 340 mm
- Protective plate: Tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl
- Year: 1900's
- Country of manufacture: Italy (Naples)
- Finish: Natural
- Other: Numerous decorations: mother-of-pearl and ebony tracking, maple/rosewood binding
Some traces of restoration.
The action is low, the mandolin is very pleasant to play.
It is sold in its period case.
