Nordic Mandola Banded
£1,400.00
£1,300.00
Scale length of the treble three courses 530mm Scale length of the longest bass course 630mm Tuned A F D A E
Many other tunings are possible by using the individual capos on the A F & d courses. The individual capos are screwed into sockets in the fingerboard. This way you can alter the note of the A F & D strings without re-tuning. The Nordic Mandola was developed in the 1980’s by Swedish Musician Ale Moller and instrument makers Chriser Adin and Helge Ekvall.
For a full and very comprehensive description of the Nordic Mandola do a web search on “The Nordic Mandols : it’s not a banjo”
The strings on this instrument are unusual, it uses phosphor bronze and classical guitar strings. The top 3 courses are phosphor bronze strings. The 2 extended bass courses are tuned in octaves. The higher pitched string in each course is a phos- phor bronze string, the lower is a classical guitar string. I strongly recommend that you use Hanna- bch classical guitar strings. Other manufactures make strings for the 10 string classical guitar, but only Hannabach make the Sup- per High Tension strings.
String gauges used E 2 x .014p A 2 x .024w D 2 x .013w F 1 x .024w and a Hannabach 8156 SHT E/6 RED PACK
A 1 x .034w and a Hannabach 81510 SHT E/6 RED PACK Hannabach strings can be ordered from www.stringsbymail.com The London Guitar Studio will order the Hannabach strings they do not hold them in stock. They do not stock the phosphor bronze strings.
Kristoffer Gotterg of the band Ulvens Dottrar in Aland Finland has a Nordic Mandola made by me
