Product Overview
Aquila Cremonese Bresciano Mandolin Strings
4 single strings – e, a D, G
Full string length: 60 cm
Vibrating string length: 30-33 cm
- – synthetic version (e, a: New Nylgut; D, G: copper wound string on synthetic multifilament core)
The Cremonese or Brescian mandolin became popular from the second half of the 18th century until the first decades of the 19th century, and its definition is due to Bortolazzi, author of the first German-language mandolin method, published at the beginning of the 19th century (Anweisung die Mandoline, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1805).
The research on the original instruments that survived until today show that they had vibrating lengths around 30-33 cm, and four single strings tuned in fifths (like the Neapolitan mandolin or the Violin; i.e. e, a, G, D), with 9 to 10 frets on the fingerboard.
