Furch mandolins at Walton's, Dublin

Thanks to Enda Donnelly of Fair City Grass for the news that Walton's music shops in Dublin now have F-style mandolins made by the Furch company of the Czech Republic. Furch is the company that makes Stanford guitars (as used by Clem O'Brien, who recently advertised two for sale in this blog; see the post of 4 August).

Furch mandolins come in three 'lines', designated '21', '22', and '23'. Each line has four models: an A-style, a 'double-cut' (Florentine) style, an F-style, and a six-string instrument with an A-style body. Similarly, Furch bluegrass guitars come in a '32' and a '34' line, each of which consists of a standard dreadnought, a round-shoulder dreadnought, and an 'orchestra' (OM) model. Their website is worth looking at, just for the pictures; a trip to Walton's might be a good idea.