Rigel mandolins closing shop

Terry Edwards · Post by **Terry Edwards** » 18 Aug 2006 8:18 pm

Rigel Mandolin Company is calling it quits. I liked their instruments and I hate to see any innovative instrument company go down.

Story Here

They did not give any reasons.

Terry

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 18 Aug 2006 8:55 pm

I'm hangin on to mine.

Bruce Meyer · Post by **Bruce Meyer** » 18 Aug 2006 10:09 pm

I was thinking about selling mine. Not any more.

I can't wait to hear the story behind this.[This message was edited by Bruce Meyer on 18 August 2006 at 11:15 PM.]

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 19 Aug 2006 12:43 am

I have 2, one with F holes and one with an oval hole. They are wonderful instruments, This is very sad news.

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Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 19 Aug 2006 2:59 am

Posted by the owners, at the Mandolin Cafe:

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Thanks Ken, et al, for the kind comments and support. This has been a heartbreaking decision for us to have to make. It came about with blinding speed really, though the writing has been on the wall for quite some time. The market is, in our view, experiencing tremendous pressure from China and from uncertainties over the economy, gas-prices, the war...you name it and folks are concerned.
We've hoped for a turn-around, done everything in our power to keep going, but cannot. Thanks so much to you all for your support over the years. We're very proud of the instruments we've built and very sad that they will be built no longer.
Sincerely, Pete Langdell & Peter Mix <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[This message was edited by Joey Ace on 19 August 2006 at 04:01 AM.]

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 19 Aug 2006 4:39 am

Good-sounding, well-made mandolins. I remember wondering where Jimmy Gaudreau got that little bitty Stratocaster, and talking to him about it. One sad fact, is that most bluegrassers did not like the shape, or the look, of the Rigel mandolins, and by the time the F-style instruments were being built, it may have been too late.
Sorry to see 'em go.