This ancient Italian-made instrument is a mandolin. It is played like a guitar but is tuned like a violin. To give the specific sound, two of the same strings are tuned side by side each time. Anyone paying close attention will see that I have removed the thinnest one because it ... hurts the fingers ...
For this photo, the instrument was suspended with two thin nylon wires. I still used a studio flash with flaps and a honeycomb system to direct the light nicely.
The result is truthful and at the same time a bit artistic.
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