Modern Italian Musikalia Bowl Back Mandolin By Dr Alfio Leone of Catania, Sicily

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Seller: mcgeowns ✉️ (2,676) 100%, Location: Newtownards, GB, Ships to: GB, EUROPEAN_UNION, Item: 192393281530 Modern Italian Musikalia Bowl Back Mandolin By Dr Alfio Leone of Catania, Sicily.

Musikalia is about all that remains of Catania’s once-proud tradition of mandolin making.

They make a huge range of stringed instruments for all traditions and styles.  They offer many mandolins ranging from more entry level items like this discontinued Model 169 from 2008 up to Emberger style examples costing over two grand.

This instrument had a ‘serigraphied’ (i.e. painted on) dragon on the soundboard which had to go. The lacquer was removed, the top ebonised and a protective satin finish applied.

 

This instrument is of good construction in all-solid woods with excellent volume, impressive sustain and perfect intonation.

 

The mansonia walnut bowl has 19 ribs with paler stringers between each.

 

The fingerboard is also mansonia walnut and has a zero fret. There is no visible wear to the frets.

 

The neck and headstock are mahagony.

 

The replacement bridge has a brass saddle which gives this mandolin a very bright tone

The action is 2mm at the 12th fret. Overall length is 25.5”, the body is 8 ¼”at its widest point and the nut width is 29mm – 1 1/8”

It is newly strung with the GHS A240 Ultra Light strings (.032 - .009) best suited to older mandolins. However these could easily be replaced with heavier gauges if required.

As it is over 60cm in length when packed this makes it a Large Parcel to Royal Mail. As it weighs under 2kg, P& P (to the UK) 2nd Class Signed for will be £12.85.  

I can also post to EU countries with Parcelforce (Tracked/Signed for) for £18.50. This has limited tracking (only until it arrives in the destination country) and must be signed for on delivery.  Royal Mail normally get it to the destination country within five working days – how long it then takes to get to the buyer can vary.  Spain and France are slow - Germany, Italy and Greece are pretty fast.

(I have previously been asked if I can combine postage to the EU. Please be aware that Royal Mail/Parcelforce has a flat fee of £51.50 for packages from 2 Kg to 5 Kg (Tracked and Signed for) meaning that it costs as much to post 2 mandolins as 5. It is therefore cheaper to send two mandolins separately). 

I do not sell to buyers outside UK/EU unless it is posted via a UK-based forwarding service such as these ones for Japanese bidders:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/cargo2bud

http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/cargo2akl .

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It will be bubble-wrapped, carefully boxed and the strings will be slackened off before packing.

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  • Condition: Used
  • Body Style: Bowl Back
  • Brand: Musikalia
  • Body Material: Walnut
  • Top Material: Spruce
  • Number of Strings: 8
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy

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