Mario Vorraro
This instrument allows for two models : one is built to preserve its XIX century character. It presents a fretted neck (with 17 frets) which doesn’t go beyond the sound hole and a body slightly smaller than the one of modern mandolins.
The second model is what we consider the modern mandolin used for concerts. It has a higher body and a fretted neck (27 frets) which goes beyond the sound hole. If requested, the fretted neck may have a slight curve at the end similar to that of violins.
Time required for construction : five months.
Weight : about 620 grams, 1,36 lbs.
Length: 620 millimeters (248 Inch.)
Types of wood employed : Maple and rosewood for the body, firwood and for the
harmonic box, ebony and rosewood for the fingerboard.
Polishing : opaque (ancient style) or hand polished (blotted polishing with shellac)
Number of frets: from 17 (for the ancient model) to 27 (modern model)
Strings : steel 1^E 0.10 (Inch.) – 2^A 0.14 (Inch.) – 3^D 0.24 (Inch.) – 4^G 0.34 (Inch.)
Number of staves: 7 – 9- 11
Tuning:
Sound range : (ancient model):
(modern model, for concerts):
Modern mandolin, rounded keyboard
Modern mandolin, flat keyboard
Modern Mandolin, flat keyboard
Il M° Mauro Squillante esegue, con un mandolino da concerto con tastiera bombata, il” Notturno”, di Costantino Bertucci
Quale migliore occasione per ascoltare il suono di alcuni dei miei strumenti: mandolino, mandola tenore, liuto cantabile, chitarra…ecco uno spaccato del concerto al Duomo di Cremona (nell’ambito dell’ Acoustic Guitar Village Cremona) con i solisti della Napoli Mandolin Orchestra (Mauro Squillante, Gaio Ariani, Valerio Fusillo e Leonardo Lospalluti). Partecipazione straordinaria del M° Carlo Aonzo.