Recently Completed

#97 Two-point in satin lacquer, completed June '07, owner Andrew Shoemaker, Boulder Colorado

#96 F-4 in oil varnish, completed June '07, owner Bryan Law, Alabama

"96 has finally arrived and she is quite beautiful, both in appearance and sound. She sounds exactly as I would expect. I haven't had an oval hole mandolin in my hands for a while, and I forgot how direct the sound is coming out of that oval hole. The bass response is very pronounced and the highs are quite clear and clean. She sounds extremely well balanced considering she came out of the box today. Of course, I believe the bass response is always dominant on one of these, and I like it that way. The volume is quite good...loud but not obnoxious." -Bryan Law

#95 Octave mandolin in spirit varnish completed in April '07, owner Tim Sampsel, Colorado. Another Octave mandolin will be ready in a month and is yet unsold. Please inquire for price and pictures

#84 F-5 completed July 2006, owner Oskar Nyman, Sweden

#83 F-5 completed June 2006, owner Jack Dwyer, Port Townsend WA.

#81 H-2 Blackface Mandola, Sold

#79 A-2 completed Feb. '06, Owner Marcus Nashelsky, Iowa City

#75 F-5 in oil varnish finish. Sold.

#62 H-5 mandola and F-5, Jim Collins owner of both. Mandola completed Jan. '05

#64 F-4 owner J. Sposato, Plainview NY. Completed March '05

#77 A-5 with fingerboard 'scoop', owner John Holmberg, Australia

#70 Blackface A-2 completed June '05, owner Kenton Drake

"Don, Thank you for all the emails back and forth, I was very happy with the amount of communication you provided. It helped to put my mind at ease especially your help and expertise concerning the details of the wood and color selection. I look forward to #51's arrival...

"...I am really enjoying #51, playing her alot. (I'm almost sure its a girl, almost) I hear people talk about the tone opening up on new mandolins, but I can't imagine the tone being any better than it already is."
-Matt Brannan, owner F-5 #51

"#69 has just arrived INtact, UNscratched, and INtune and it is a beautiful, beautiful piece of work. We just had a test flight of "St. Anne's Reel" and I feel I'm getting better already. What a wonderful singing tone, no stridency and I really dig the matte finish, conjuring ancestry of violins and not Les Paul's."
-Dennis Murphy, owner F-5 #69

Pomeroy Instruments. Hand-Crafted Mandolins and Mandolas by luthier Don Paine

Fine Quality, Hand-Crafted Mandolins for sale by Josh and Don Paine