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Neapolitan Bowl Back Mandolin
Mandolin came into the shop with significant cracks on the top and on the bowl itself. The machine heads were rusted with several buttons missing.
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Neapolitan Bowl Back Mandolin
Using fish wire to guide a cleat into position along the length of the crack.


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Neapolitan Bowl Back Mandolin
Using sound hole clamp to glue cleats down the length of the crack on the inside of the instrument.
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Neapolitan Bowl Back Mandolin
Once crack repair completed, applied gun stock oil finish to the top and use a polyurethane finish on the mandolin’s bowl back


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Neapolitan Bowl Back Mandolin
Machine heads cleaned, repaired and refitted.
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Neapolitan Bowl Back Mandolin
Setting up the instrument bone nut and floating saddle


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Neapolitan Bowl Back Mandolin
The finished instrument.
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