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 Raffaele Calace holding a Liuto Cantabile, c. 1900.
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The liuto cantabile, also termed a liuto moderno, is an uncommon ten-stringed mandocello. This bass variant of the mandolin family was developed by the Neapolitan luthiers of the Vinaccia family in the late 19th century and perfected by Raffaele Calace.[1] The scale of a modern Calace-manufactured liuto cantabile is 61 cm (24"). The instrument overlaps or is equivalent to the mandolone and mandocello.
- ^ Paul Sparks, The Classical Mandolin, Second Ed. (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 205