<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Neapolitan mandolins</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>mandolins</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Neapolitan mandolin</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>mandolini napolitani</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>mandolins, Neapolitan</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Mandolins developed in Italy in the mid-18th century, with a pear-shaped body made of narrow ribs and very deeply vaulted at the lower end, with fretted neck, open circular or oblong sound hole, four pairs of steel strings, a flat rectangular peg disc set at an obtuse angle, rear pegs, and a low bridge glued to the belly. ]]></note></mads>