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  2. Mandoline - Wikipedia

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    Close up of the cutting apparatus, set up for a 1 ⁄ 4-inch (6 mm) julienne cut 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.

  3. Cylinder-back mandolin - Wikipedia

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    The cylinder-back is a style of mandolin manufactured by the Vega Company of Boston, MA between 1913 and roughly 1925. The design patent (US patent number D44838) for the instrument was issued on November 4, 1913 to David L. Day, who was director and chief acoustical engineer for the stringed instrument division of the Vega Company.

  4. Backline (stage) - Wikipedia

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    Backline guitar technicians, audio technicians and stage crew set up and put away the backline equipment.. In places where the backline is left in place indefinitely (e.g., in a nightclub's mainstage or a TV variety show studio), the gear may simply be powered down when not in use.

  5. Mandobass - Wikipedia

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    The Pagani model was also one of the few eight-string mando-basses made in the US, with four double-strung courses like the European tremolo bass. Vega produced both a flat-back and a humped-back mando-bass (known as a "cylinder back"), both with a generally mandolin-shape in outline, but with markedly pointed upper bouts.

  6. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Alternates: "Get Up John Tuning": F ♯ 3 A 3 •D 4 D 4 •A 4 A 4 •A 5 D 5. All violin alternate tunings may be adapted for the mandolin Standard instrument of the mandolin family. Mandolinetto: 8 strings 4 courses. G 3 G 3 •D 4 D 4 •A 4 A 4 •E 5 E 5: USA and Canada A guitar-shaped mandolin, or mandolin neck on ukulele body. Mandolin ...

  7. How the 2009 Colgan Air disaster became a turning point for U ...

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    Coverage of the recent mid-air collision brought up painful memories for John and Marilyn Kausner, whose daughter Elly was among those killed in the last major U.S. air disaster.

  8. Bluegrass mandolin - Wikipedia

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    Most bluegrass mandolin players choose one of two styles. Both have flat or nearly flat backs and arched tops. The so-called a-style mandolin has a teardrop-shaped body; the f-style mandolin is more stylized, with a spiraled wooden cone on the upper side and a couple of points on the lower side.

  9. Mandolin-banjo - Wikipedia

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    Two styles of mandolin-banjo, showing a large and small head, with a full size, four-string banjo (bottom). L-R - Banjo-mandolin, standard mandolin, 3-course mandolin, Tenor mandola. The mandolin-banjo is a hybrid instrument, combining a banjo body with the neck and tuning of a mandolin. It is a soprano banjo. [1]