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Neapolitan mandolins

Scope note

Mandolins developed in Italy in the mid-18th century, with a pear-shaped body made of narrow ribs and very deeply vaulted at the lower end, with fretted neck, open circular or oblong sound hole, four pairs of steel strings, a flat rectangular peg disc set at an obtuse angle, rear pegs, and a low bridge glued to the belly. MARCUS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000205948

Broader Terms used

mandolins

Equivalent Terms used

Neapolitan mandolin

Created

13yrs ago

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