Mandolins have a long history, and much early music was written for them.

By age three he was playing a mandolin and singing.

I've actually got a mandolin I bought there at home.

At the age of five, his mother introduced him to the mandolin.

He started his musical life at age 9 on the mandolin.

At age eight, he was playing mandolin in the band.

He put his hand to the huge hole in the mandolin.

He would later learn how to play both the mandolin and the violin.

"People that would break your mandolin, they really hate you."

On a table by her side lay a mandolin and an apple.

He started his musical life in primary school playing mandolin.

He is also one of the few composers writing for the mandolin.

It is tuned and played the same as a mandolin.

His family started to teach him the guitar and mandolin.

Without music there for him, he purchased and learned how to play a mandolin.

On my mom's side, her parents are longtime mandolin players.

He also became a teacher of the Italian mandolin technique.

They all start dancing as he keeps playing the mandolin.

Neither the mandolin nor her voice would carry that far.

If you stay away from bus groups and mandolin players, the restaurant scene is pretty good.

She played mandolin and accordion with her husband for many years.

Ozark have recently put the new mandolins on the market.

There she learned the mandolin and joined the school orchestra.

Why begin mandolin playing after the age of 60?

He started playing mandolin at the age of five.

The mandoline is not for the faint of heart, however.

Did she use a mandoline to get the vegetables so thin?

For me, the best all-around instrument is a big mandoline.

Their secret, the tool that no chef would live without, is the mandoline.

But what chefs find most desirable about the mandoline is its efficiency.

Slice the potatoes very thinly, using a mandoline if you have one.

The mandoline is expensive, about $192, but I plan to have it all my life.

His pipe and her mandoline seemed between them to make a sort of smoking concert.

Using a mandoline, slice one of the potatoes almost paper-thin.

Also on the mandoline, cut the apple into the thinnest possible slices.

Slice fennel very fine on mandoline, starting with flat bottom side.

A Spanish wine cellar, also on the fifth floor, with mandoline players.

Finely slice the rest of the salsify on a mandoline.

Using a mandoline or sharp knife, slice potatoes about 1/8-inch thick.

Peel and thinly slice the potatoes (a mandoline works best).

Position the mandoline on a solid surface, and set the blade to the desired thickness.

One can do this with specialized knives or mandoline.

Slice the fennel very finely across the bulb on a mandoline.

Finely slice the potato on a mandoline and dry with kitchen paper.

To our amazement, the mandoline was returned undamaged and lived to fight another day.

Using a mandoline, cut the potatoes lengthwise into paper-thin slices.

The mandoline fits on top of a clear plastic box, which catches the food as it is sliced.

Peel potatoes and slice less than 1/4 inch thick, using a mandoline if possible.

One end of the mandoline has a plastic blade for peeling vegetables, but I found it useless.

Use a mandoline if you have one.