But I decided to go for it, and I checked both instruments in their cases inside a sturdy flight case that began it's life as a keyboard case but now has worked well for me as a flight worthy guitar case and now a great flight case that fits both the F4 and the H2 in their respective cases. I guess I was taking a bit of a chance with TSA. (both instruments well documented on this BLOG) I thought it might be cool to play some stuff together with me on the mandola, and dad on the mandolin. This year I flew with the 1914 F4 Mandolin and the 1921 H2 Mandola.
I always enjoy some mandolin playing time with my father on these visits. I did my annual August visit with my parents and my sister at the Chautauqua Institution, in Chautauqua, New York, where they have been spending their summers for years. There's a hair tie/pony tail woven into the strings past the bridge to cut the overtone ring. The strap I made from scraps of leather for the nut ends, glued (Shoe Goo) to some bulk braided leather cord I had laying around. The finish is an oak stain, sanded, oiled, and buffed many times. The head-stock may also be a work in progress or I might just leave it. I'm still adjusting and fussing with the set up, intonation, and may still mess with cutting the bridge, and nut a bit, but I like the way it feels in my hands, and sounds pretty good.
Its not 100%, but it's playable, and I'm satisfied more or less with my first effort. I started to make progress especially during long evenings stuck in my office babysitting the rehearsal facility here at SIR Miami where I've been employed for more than 19 years. As it was finally "out of the box" calling my name, and drawing me in visually more often, and I started to get going on it again during spare time at work. As the years rolled on, it sat for longer and longer periods of time in between fewer and fewer "work sessions," until recently when I took it to my office at work, and left it (in pieces) "out" on a table next to my desk. The result was after a while, it ended up stored in it's box under beds, in closets, or hard to reach shelves, in various states of unfinished condition. I tried several other locations at home, but there's nowhere I could leave the parts, pieces, tools, and instructions out in between "work sessions" when I could find time to work on it. So every time I wanted to work on the project, I had to unpack all the parts from the box, putz around with it, and then would have to pack up the parts and pieces back into the box, and store somewhere leaving the table available for laundry. Problem with the table in the laundry room, is it's "the table in the laundry room" used for laundry/folding clothes, etc. I live in a town house with no garage, no basement, and the best work space was a table in the laundry room. I started on it right away, but immediately ran into the problem of not having appropriate tools, or a proper work space or bench to work on it.
This was a Saga brand kit given to me by my wife as Christmas present more then 10? years ago! Can't remember the exact year I got it. Excellent - Condition.After more than 10 years of starting, stopping, stalling and restarting, I finally finished my fist kit mandolin build. A very fine mandolin well broken-in with an excellent sound for the price. It also has some typical modifications preferred by many modern players including stripping the back of the neck to bare wood for a better feel, ebony arm rest and string dampener, and a L.R. This one has been played and shows some light wear.
The flatiron mandolin f festival professional#
This Gibson-made Flatiron Festival is a now-discontinued Nashville version of the mid-line mandolin series, intended as a professional quality F-style instrument (similar to the F-5G) without the high-end trimmings. (4.3 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim.
The flatiron mandolin f festival serial#
Flatiron Festival-F Model Carved Top Mandolin (2001), made in Nashville, TN, serial # 10202010, sunburst top, shaded maple back and sides finish, maple back and sides, spruce top maple neck with ebony fingerboard, original black tolex hard shell case.
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