Mandolin by LUIGI EMBERGHER, Rome, 1923
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This instrument was left abandoned, strings in tension, for many years with the following consequences : The first stage of this restoration consisted in taking apart the various elements composing the instrument. The second was to create molds (sometimes partial) on the exact measures of the instrument, and then put back and press the various pieces. The wood, especially where it is thinner undergoes rather well such treatment, once it is wet and then heated. The pieces are left under press “molded” for quite a while; when we liberated them from their mould, and put back in their original shape.
Once the top and the box were back in their shape, the maple ribs glued again on their thin spruce doubling, the set up could be done without particular problems. The instrument is at present kept in a collection, can be played, with its original bass bar and now the work of this great maker can be seen and heard as it was created. |