Mandolino milanese

Mandolino milanese (It.), 18th-c. name of the pandurina, which in the 17th c. had 6 pairs of strings, in the 18th, 6 single strings of gut, plucked with bare fingers. Despite its name this instr. is a form of mandola, not a mandolin. The usual tuning was g0 b0 e1 a1 d2 e2 or g0 b0 e1 a1 d2 g2.