After several years of threatening to add the H-5 Mandola to the list of Smith Creek Instruments, it's finally on the way.  One of the biggest stumbling blocks to actually to making them has been locating an original H-5 Loar signed mandola to make drawings of and take measurements from.  This October I was finally able to track an instrument down and the owner, a wonderful gentleman from North Carolina, was gracious enough to invite me into his home for the better part of a day to draw it.

She's Done:  This is the first Mandola.  Hopefully I'll get some professional pics up some time this year.  It sounds nice, really fills a room with sound.  This mandola has a 17" scale (longer than the 14-3/4" Loar scale) and larger mandolin size f-holes.