Louisville Mandolin Orchestra

Somehow we are realated. Most of my family are from MO. I discovered your band recently; funny thing is I love the type of music you play "
Douglas Buckhannon
Leonard , Mi USA - Monday, October 14, 2002 at 16:49:07 (EDT)

Hi folks, I have recently joined Providence Mandolin Orchestra as a Mandobass player. I am looking to purchase damaged Mandobasses which I will attempt repairing. Can anyone help? Bill
Bill Marrocco
Cranston, RI USA - Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 08:25:45 (EDT)

Just a few words from Switzerland. Here everything OK, we are about to record our second CD (with music for mandolin & guitar, for 2 mandolins or for mandolin & mandola). Feel free to visit us at http://www.duodimorcote.ch
Giordano Morettini
Morcote, TI CH - Thursday, September 05, 2002 at 04:47:45 (EDT)

Your orchestra looks interesting. At some point, I'll buy one of your cds. (I have ones fr. the Balto. Orchestra, the Milwaukee orchestra, and the Providence Orchestra. this summer I attended the Am. Mandolin and Guitar summer school run by Marilynn Mair. I'm a beginning reader (have played by ear for years), but had a great time there! Nick Royal
Nick Royal
Santa Cruz, CA USA - Sunday, September 01, 2002 at 19:19:54 (EDT)

Being a new Mandolin player I would love to hear you in concert. Could you please Email me a schedule for the rest of this year? Thanks Ken
Ken Froman
Floyds Knobs, Ind USA - Tuesday, August 20, 2002 at 17:22:34 (EDT)

hi to all music-lovers around the world from austria ! please feel free to visit www.race.at our austrian music-site and leave us a note...
Georg
Austria/Europe - Friday, August 16, 2002 at 17:36:56 (EDT)

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singapore, sg singapore - Friday, July 26, 2002 at 12:41:27 (EDT)

I enjoyed reading through your web site! I'd love to hear a concert but didn't see a schedule on your site. Anything coming up in the near future? While I have played guitar forever, a friend just bought a mandoline for me as a gift recently. Any ideas on a good instruction book? S.
Sandra
Richmond, VA USA - Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 16:13:42 (EDT)

How do I hold the mandolin: --like I would the classic guitar? As an enthusiastic newcomer to the Mandolin, I would like to know (without questioning my teacher's wisdom) in what position do we hold the mandolin. Was the position different in the 18th century? I keep wanting to hold it at an angle, as I would a classic guitar, but am told to hold it horizontally. Thank you. Lydia H.
Lydia H.
Mo. USA - Tuesday, July 16, 2002 at 16:08:28 (EDT)

Dear friends, the Giessen Zupforchester "Neapolita" has a new conductor: Keith Harris. So,come over to Germany and have a couple of nice days with sightseeing and mandolin playing. Mando-greetings Udo Schoen
Giessener Zupforchester
Ebsdorfergrund, germany - Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 08:12:00 (EDT)

sorry, html tags doesn«t work ;o) here the link: http://www.vintage-bass.com/Specials/Institute_of_applied_acoustics/institute_of_applied_acoustics.html regards. emil
emil
frankfurt, he germany - Sunday, June 23, 2002 at 02:56:24 (EDT)

hi all of lmo, you don't have to spend your entire lifetime playing your musical instrument to find out how it really sounds. more? just follow the link & click. regards. emil
emil
frankfurt, he germany - Sunday, June 23, 2002 at 02:54:37 (EDT)

My 1905 Vega Mandolin The Giuseppe Pettine Special, And the original case. brought me to your site Via The MandolinCafe.com Via Peter Mix http://www.rigelmandolin.com Temporary web site location for photos http://californiawatercrisis.org/giuseppe_pettine.htm
Douglas C. Gifford
Walnut Creek , ca USA - Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 19:56:13 (EDT)

I've just had my great uncle's "Stahl" mandola restored to playable condition. I cannot find instruction in this area and no instruction books for mandola, only mandoline. I guess I should have started with his mandoline instead. Can you recommend a source for an instruction book for the mandola? Thanks, Ed Flesch
Edward Flesch
Horseheads, NY USA - Friday, June 07, 2002 at 22:26:11 (EDT)

I was born and raised in KY and first saw the LMO in 1991. Your orchestra inspired me greatly, and I have been playing a handmade F-style mandolin since 1992 after having one custom-made by William Parsons (also of KY). I've just learned of your website and I plan to support the LMO in any way I can to further reach communities with your beautiful music. God bless each of you!
Stephen Easterling
West Melbourne, FL USA - Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at 12:21:19 (EDT)

Hi! I'm Erika from Austria. I've been playing the mandolin for 10 years now and enjoy it a lot. I play in an orchestra in Vienna. Great website! all the best, hope to hear your orchestra one day.
Erika Kumpl
Vienna, AUSTRIA - Monday, May 13, 2002 at 09:23:26 (EDT)

Beautiful!
Kurt Risser
Newport News, VA USA - Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 19:15:13 (EDT)

First, let me congratulate you on a wonderful site and a great looking group of players ;). I have two mandolins. One is solid wood with a round body. The body is bi-level with the rear section having holes drilled in its face. The holes appear to have been covered by a substance other than wood...they are now plain. Does anyone have any idea what make of a mandolin this might be? Whenever anyone sees it, they don't quite know what to make of it. It's tone is louder than most mandos. Thank you.
Dolly Paul
Dearborn Heights, MI USA - Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 00:30:06 (EDT)

Hi! Your site is great. I play mandolin in a little orchestra in belgium called "cercle royal des mandolines de malmedy". Sometimes,we play works for mandolin orchestra and solo instument(mandolin, violin, bassoon...) This year we are looking for a work performed by a classical harp as solo and we don't find a interessant work who can help us? contact:mandolinedemalmedy@swing.be
winandy xavier
trois-ponts, belgium - Saturday, May 04, 2002 at 09:45:16 (EDT)

hi to all music-lovers around the world from austria and www.race.at
Georg
Austria/Europe - Friday, May 03, 2002 at 05:26:06 (EDT)

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BARINAS, BARINAS VENEZUELA - Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 10:25:57 (EDT)

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tuneroom
USA - Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:04:33 (EDT)

Surfing the internet, looking for re-stringing tips for my mandolin when I found your web-site. Born & raised in Louisville, I was most interested in your orchestra and it's members (didn't Larry Hamfeldt teach at Moore High School years ago?) Anyway, my husband and I are moving to Tromso, in northern Norway in 2 months, and I'm so glad to have found your website to keep me connected to the "motherland" after we go. Keep making beautiful music together! Best regards from a "home-girl" - Beverly Barlow Steinberg
Beverly Barlow Steinberg
Oklahoma City, OK USA - Sunday, March 24, 2002 at 08:55:09 (EST)

Hi to all mandolin players. I am the owner of three mandolins and I am very happy to play them. Tuday I bought an old napolitan mandolin (80 years old). Bye !!!
Marius Smarandoiu
Sibiu, SB Romania - Thursday, March 07, 2002 at 09:31:56 (EST)

Hi to all mandolin players. I am the owner of three mandolins and I am very happy to play them. Tuday I bought an old napolitan mandolin(80 years old). Bye !!!
Marius Smarandoiu
Sibiu, SB Romania - Thursday, March 07, 2002 at 09:31:38 (EST)

Bloomfield, NJ, February 2002 Everyone has birthday wishes and the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra has one in mind for itself - a Gibson mandobass. The orchestra, which is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year, has started a fundraising drive to purchase one of the few remaining of these mandobasses in the United States. According to Gabriel Nevola, conductor of the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, “Our orchestra specializes in preserving cultural tradition while being musically innovative. Not only would the mandobass be a perfect addition to our group, it would make the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra the first in the New York metropolitan area to have and regularly use such an instrument.” Fundraising for the mandobass is ongoing. The orchestra hopes to acquire the instrument in time for its 60th Anniversary Spring Concert on May 5, 2002 at the Presbyterian Church On the Green in Bloomfield. Tax-deductible donations may be sent to the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, care of Filomena Peloro, 15 Oak Street, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003. The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra is a non-profit organization and one of five performing groups in the Bloomfield Federation of Music. The orchestra comprises forty four volunteer musicians from northern and central New Jersey whose age range is 17 to 90 and who represent a vast cross section of backgrounds and careers. Two of the players have been members of the orchestra since its founding in 1941. The members of the orchestra play the mandolin, mandola, mandocello, classical guitar, bass guitar, flute, and drums. For more information, please call conductor Gabriel Nevola at (973) 748-0081 and visit the orchestra’s website http: //community.nj.com/cc/nj.mandolins
Annamaria Menconi
Clifton, NJ USA - Monday, February 25, 2002 at 13:04:12 (EST)

Enjoyed your web page. I am looking for info on playing mandocello. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Larry
Larry Krauter
Fresno, California USA - Monday, February 18, 2002 at 13:24:10 (EST)

Groovy dude (dudette). Everything is relative. Correct?
Catherine Lake
Los Angeles, CA USA - Friday, February 15, 2002 at 19:41:46 (EST)

Good webpage you have here, and best greetings to you all And You Are --> WELCOME
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Akranes, ICELAND - Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 18:09:24 (EST)

Greetings from the Fingers and Frets Club Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar orchestra, Bristol,England. 30 yeats of Fretted Music and looking to the future.
John R Templeman Hopes
Bristol, UK - Monday, February 04, 2002 at 19:27:51 (EST)

It is a pleasure to hear that mandolin orchestras,once regarded as a thing of the past,are making a comeback.Keep up the good work.Tony Patton.
Anthony R Patton
London, USA - Friday, January 25, 2002 at 19:42:22 (EST)

Hi I will be in Louisville between 12th (evening) & 17th. I play an Embergher 1930 classical mandolin, generally accepted to be one of the finest instruments. I always travel with a mandolin, & if anyone is interested I'll bring the Embergher with me. I have the general contact no from the web site, any other local contact nos would be great as I love to meet up with mandolin nuts. I have 5 mandolins, an octave mandola, and a fiddle. I;d love to make contact whilst I'm in town. My hotel isn't settled yet. I mainly play Celetic music, and have had the Embergher for 40 years it's a wonderful instrument favoured by professional players in the UK. Hope to meet up with, are you playing anywhere next week? Best Wishes Laurie (Mr in case your wondering)
Laurie Phillips
Andover, Hampshire, UK - Thursday, January 10, 2002 at 07:36:18 (EST)

Happy new year to everyone!! http://perso.infonie.fr/mandolins
Mandolines de Bigorre (France)
TARBES, 65 FRANCE - Sunday, January 06, 2002 at 18:03:40 (EST)