Mandolin orchastras still exist, there are some in this country, on the fly the best I could find was this link with a picture of the whole orchastra http://gagliano.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:8000/members/arai/wmg/index.html Intresting dicussion of insturments, mando - bas & chello are used in orchastras, traditionaly. banjolin's, were used more in folk groups prior to electronics, for lead parts( there louder) I have a friend that has a true dobro mandolin, I have one with a meatal resonator, but not the true dobro version. There is a store in Tulsa, Okla that collects and sell a variety of vintage instruments, called Strings West. Its fun to brows, he's a hard one to buy from though.
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