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A mandoline consists of two parallel working surfaces, one of which can be adjusted in height. [3] A food item is slid along the adjustable surface until it reaches a blade mounted on the fixed surface, slicing it and letting it fall. Other blades perpendicular to the main blade are often mounted so that the slice is cut into strips.
The instrument is most often tuned to either D 2 –G 2 –D 3 –A 3 –D 4 or G 2 –D 3 –A 3 –D 4 –A 4, and is essentially an octave mandola with a fifth course at either the top or the bottom of its range. Some luthiers, such as Stefan Sobell, also refer to the octave mandola or a shorter-scaled Irish bouzouki as a cittern ...
Lloyd Allayre Loar (1886–1943) was an American musician, instrument designer and sound engineer. He is best known for his design work with the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in the early 20th century, [3] including the F-5 model mandolin and L-5 guitar.
Data from The Instrumentation Design And Control of a T63-A-700 Gas Turbine Engine General characteristics Type: Turboshaft Length: 40.5 in (1,029 mm) Diameter: 22.5 in (572 mm) Dry weight: 138.5 lb (63 kg) dry Components Compressor: 6-stage axial + 1-stage centrifugal compressors Combustors: Single can combustion chamber Turbine: 2-stage axial gas generator power turbine + 2-stage axial free ...
Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a 2001 war film directed by John Madden.It is based on the 1994 novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières.The film pays homage to the thousands of Italian soldiers executed at the Massacre of the Acqui Division by German forces in Cephalonia in September 1943, and to the people of Cephalonia who were killed in the post-war earthquake.
Mbira (/ ə m ˈ b ɪər ə / əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe.They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left forefinger.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, released simultaneously in the United States as Corelli's Mandolin, [1] is a 1994 [2] novel by the British writer Louis de Bernières, set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 19 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.