The Mandolin is the first comprehensively illustrated book that traces the history of this fascinating and diverse musical instrument across centuries and continents. With over 450 illustrations, mostly in full colour, the book explores the wide variety of mandolins and mandolin family instruments around the world while telling the stories of who, how, why, and where they have been made.

Graham McDonald has been building mandolins for over 40 years. He has published tthree previous books on musical instrument construction - The Bouzouki Book in 2004, The Mandolin Project in 2008 and The Ukulele in 2019. in addition to numerous articles on musical instruments for various journals.

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Graham McDonald has been building mandolins, bouzoukis and other stringed instruments for more than 30 years. He is the author of The Bouzouki Book, on building Irish bouzoukis and citterns and The Mandolin Project, a manual for building four styles of mandolin. He lives in Canberra, Australia.

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