Samuel Adelstein described the Lombardi mandolin in 1893 as wider and shorter than the Neapolitan mandolin, with a shallower back and a shorter and wider neck, with six single strings to the regular mandolin's set of 4. The Lombardi was tuned C, D, A, E, B, G. The strings were fastened to the bridge like a guitar's. There were 20 frets, covering three octaves, with an additional 5 notes. When Adelstein wrote, there were no nylon strings, and the gut and single strings "do not vibrate so clearly and sweetly as the double steel string of the Neapolitan." COUNT 5
QSN1 Who described the Lombardi mandolin as wider and shorter than the Neoapolitan mandolin? ANS1 Samuel Adelstein QSN2 How many strings do the regular mandolin's have? ANS2 4 QSN3 What was the Lombardi Mandolin tuned to? ANS3 C, D, A, E, B, G. QSN4 How many frets did the Lombardi have? ANS4 20 frets QSN5 How many octaves did the Lombardi cover? ANS5 three octaves