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Vinaccia model mandolin with yew back

Instrument shown with engraved bone fingerboard and head plate. Faux tortoise shell pick guard. Faux sound hole ring with mother of pearl designs inlaid. Bone and purfling edging.


Head and fingerboard engraved with designs based on those of the original instrument.


Head with boxwood pegs.





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Mandolin back


Yew back with ebony spacers. Ebony / purfling veneered neck back. Ebony / bone veneered head back.
Engraved head plate. Bone and black lip mother of pearl. Decorative side pips and medallions of turned bone.

Engraved bone fingerboard.
 Baroque
Neapolitan Mandolin
This instrument is modeled after an instrument made by the great mandolin maker Antonio Vinaccia. The original was made in 1763 and is now in a private collection in France.

Instrument features:

  • String Length - 32 cm
  • Body length - 27cm
  • Body width - 18cm
  • Body depth - 12cm
  • Four double courses
  • Back - figured maple or yew. 27 scalloped ribs with ebony spacers.
  • Front - Engelmann spruce with bone binding. Faux tortoise shell scratch plate with mother of pearl decorations. Bone edging.
  • Neck - spruce core with ebony veneer.
  • Head - mahogany core with ebony front and back veneers.
  • Fingerboard - ebony with bone edge binding. Brass frets.
  • Ebony, rosewood, or boxwood pegs.
  • Form fitting case from Kingham MTM Cases
  • Strings - Gut and brass.
Decoration varies from one instrument to another. One of the great joys of making mandolins is the ability to indulge in decorative whims with each instrument.

Price: $3,700.00

Decorative options

Decorations on instruments will vary from one to another. Each pattern is designed according to the inspiration at the moment, but are based on designs found on historical instruments.

The front decorations are set into the wood within an outlining matrix. This is a style of inlay was used extensively by the Vinaccia family in the 18th century to set the pattern away from the wood and makes it more visible.

The engraving is executed with by hand based on the original Vinaccia designs.

Mother of pearl fingerboard end decoration - $195.00

Emblem - $225.00

Head and fingerboard engraving - $850.00

Head decorative turned bone pips and medallions - $250.00

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Mandolin back
Instrument with figured maple back

Yew back with ebony spacers.


Front with gold mother of pearl inlaid designs showing a fingerboard end decoration and emblem.