Cumberland Acoustic

Cumberland Acoustic Quality, American-made
string instrument parts & service

You spoke and we listened!Cumberland offers most kit needed to build a mandolin. Now you can add the reliable and precis...
11/11/2025

You spoke and we listened!

Cumberland offers most kit needed to build a mandolin. Now you can add the reliable and precise Grover tuners to that list.
Available @
Cumberlandacoustic.com

Our buddy Lance brought these two Silver Angels by for some fret work and light repair. The F-style was fit with a Tallb...
07/13/2025

Our buddy Lance brought these two Silver Angels by for some fret work and light repair.
The F-style was fit with a Tallboy bridge with custom 7” radius to match its fretboard (similar to a violin)
These are some unique and great sounding mandos, check out that mother of pearl engraved Silver Angel!

Still at it!
03/30/2025

Still at it!

~!!!~ Big News From Cumberland Acoustic ~!!!~As many of you know, 2024 has been a pretty tumultuous year for us! We surv...
12/31/2024

~!!!~ Big News From Cumberland Acoustic ~!!!~

As many of you know, 2024 has been a pretty tumultuous year for us! We survived that wicked tornado and moved our business to a (much smaller) shop behind our house. Here's a Great Big THANK YOU to our customers that stuck with us through this almost unwieldy transition.

And, speaking of transitions (here's the Big News part)... we have transferred ownership of the Cumberland Acoustic business to our long time and faithful employee, Erik Engebretson. We have been discussing this for some time, but the tornado just sort of accelerated the whole thing. Does that make it a blessing in disguise? We sure hope so!

Many of you already know Erik. The fact is, he has probably been the guy that worked on any instruments you brought to us over the past several years. He is also adept in all of the procedures and processes to continue to serve you with our fine line-up of musical instrument parts and accessories.

So, I guess this is sort of my sign-off as "That Cumberland Acoustic Guy." I'll still be in the background for a while, and helping Erik out if anything unusual comes up. We are currently in the process of transferring all the things you need to transfer, like phone numbers, social media accounts, PayPal accounts, banking stuff, and all that. This should all be completed within the next few days.

Finally, I want to offer up my deepest appreciation for all of the many customers that we have had the privilege to serve over the past 25 years. We are still working with many of the same customers that we started our relationship with way back in 1998! During this time, I have earned the friendship of a great many of you, and that means as much to me as anything else.

Oh yeah, the picture is of Erik and I doing the business transfer, all professional-style, at the lawyer's office.

Here's wishing Erik the best of all things with this business! I am hoping for at least another 25 years of success!!

Got a pretty good sized order going out today.
12/05/2024

Got a pretty good sized order going out today.


Sending a left-handed mandolin bridge off to a regular customer in France today along with a couple of right-handed ones...
12/03/2024

Sending a left-handed mandolin bridge off to a regular customer in France today along with a couple of right-handed ones. I figured I should designate which one is the lefty. My French is kind of rusty. How’d I do?

And those mandolin bridge orders (and other stuff) keep rolling in. Many thanks to our faithful and new customers during...
09/12/2024

And those mandolin bridge orders (and other stuff) keep rolling in. Many thanks to our faithful and new customers during these past several rather difficult months.

09/07/2024

We are nearly at the end of extricating ourselves from our shop of the past 25 years. I just listed this event on Facebook Marketplace. Stop by if you are in town!

Like it says in the listing, we are not going out of business! We have relocated our shop to its current location in Goodlettsville, TN.

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Fifty more Cumberland Acoustic Mandolin Bridges about to hit the road.
07/02/2024

Fifty more Cumberland Acoustic Mandolin Bridges about to hit the road.

Another day at the office. Still cleaning out from the damage the tornado left us with. A great big wheelbarrow and a Br...
06/26/2024

Another day at the office. Still cleaning out from the damage the tornado left us with. A great big wheelbarrow and a Brute garbage can, both filled with ebony scrap. I can’t believe I made this many headstock overlays over the years, mostly for F-5 mandolins, but some A-5s and guitar ones too. Literally hundreds of them. There must be SOME reason I held onto them!

We’ve got a batch of about 50 Cumberland Acoustic Two-Way Mandolin Truss Rods working their way through the shop, so let...
04/19/2024

We’ve got a batch of about 50 Cumberland Acoustic Two-Way Mandolin Truss Rods working their way through the shop, so let me know if you need any!

I ran these 20 or so through to completion to fill some existing orders.

I got this morning’s First Little Adventure under my belt. I have been selling these amazing James Tailpieces for at lea...
04/19/2024

I got this morning’s First Little Adventure under my belt. I have been selling these amazing James Tailpieces for at least 20 years, but I never had to remove the cover on one until today. A customer bought this cover that was awesomely engraved by Weldon Lister. So, I had to take the original one off and replace it with this ornate beauty. Both Weldon and Bill James gave me some helpful tips. I had to channel a couple of my ancient camera repair technician skills, and got the job done with no tiny parts flying around the shop.

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Hendersonville, TN
37075

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+16158267890

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