Mandolute
title: "Mandolute" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lutes", "mandolin-family-instruments"] topic_path: "general/lutes" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandolute" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mandolute |
| image | Weymann mandolute.jpg |
| caption | A Weymann mandolute |
| from the 1920s or 1930s | |
| classification | String instrument (plucked) |
| hornbostel_sachs | 321.322 |
| hornbostel_sachs_desc | Composite chordophone |
| developed | 20th century |
| related | {{collapsible list |
| builders | Weymann and Son |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] an American mandolin ::
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The Weymann Mandolute was one of the products sold under Weymann, the Philadelphia-based brand of Weymann and Sons, established 1864. The 'mandolutes' were actually mandolins with eight strings and tuned exactly the same. The scale length is also within the standard mandolin scale; between 13 in and 13+7/8 in. They advertised using scientific principles to create vibrations, power and volume as well as sustained sweet and mellow tones, all in the same instrument.
History
Weymann and Son was a Philadelphia company, manufacturers of Weymann and Keystone State musical instruments. The Mandolutes sold from $25 to $75 in 1913.
References
References
- (7 October 1911). "Weymann Mandolute, The Latest Improvement in Mandolin Construction". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- . (10 November 1913). ["Have your Grand Opera Favorite on the Greatest Entertainer in the World"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12636019/weymann_mandolute_quartette/). *The Philadelphia Inquirer*.
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