Mandolins of Carlo Guadagnini with six single strings between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century: a “Turin” mandolin?

Extract from the proceedings of the conference “Il mandolino a Milano e in Lombardia nei secoli XVIII e XIX” – May 2022.

Carlo Guadagnini was one of the first luthiers to regularly produce simple six-string mandolins since the second half of the 17th century: my research, which culminated with the making of some copies of his instruments, is summarized here.

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