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  2. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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    The scale length of a string instrument is the maximum vibrating length of the strings that produce sound, ... Mandolin: 13-14 in (33-35.6 cm). Classical bowlback ...

  3. Octave mandolin - Wikipedia

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    The scale length of the octave mandolin is longer than that of the mandolin, and varies more widely, from 19 inches (480 mm) to 24 inches (610 mm), with 21 inches (530 mm) being typical. The internal bracing is similar to the mandolin and mandola, with a single transverse brace on the top just below the oval sound hole.

  4. Mandolin - Wikipedia

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    The mandolin is the soprano member of the mandolin family, as the violin is the soprano member of the violin family. Like the violin, its scale length is typically about 13 inches (330 mm). Modern American mandolins modelled after Gibsons have a longer scale, about 13 + 7 ⁄ 8 inches (350 mm).

  5. History of the mandolin - Wikipedia

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    The mandolin is 56.3 x 19.9 cm, scale 31.5 cm.; 4: Neapolitan mandolin (metal strings) made between 1767 and 1784 by Vicenzo Vinaccia. (585 mm x 180 mm, scale length 330 mm.) The instruments predating the 18th century mandolinos, the gittern, mandore, mandora and mandola were instruments averaging

  6. Mandolute - Wikipedia

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    The scale length is also within the standard mandolin scale; between 13 inches (330 mm) and 13 + 7 ⁄ 8 inches (350 mm). They advertised using scientific principles to create vibrations, power and volume as well as sustained sweet and mellow tones, all in the same instrument.

  7. Mandolin-banjo - Wikipedia

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    The instrument has the same scale length as a mandolin (about 14 inches); with 4 courses of strings tuned identically to the violin and mandolin (low to high: GDAE). The movable bridge stands on a resonant banjo-like head typically 10 inches in diameter and currently usually made of plastic.

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  9. Mandocello - Wikipedia

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    The scale of the mandocello is longer than that of the mandolin. Gibson examples have a scale length of 24.75" (62.87 cm) but flat-back designs have appeared with both significantly shorter and longer scale lengths (27"/68.58 cm on some Vega mandocellos). Bowl-back instruments may have a shorter scale length, on the order of 22.5" (about 57 cm).

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