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This Day In Mandolin History

Lloyd Loar

We've recorded 895 mandolin related events, at least one or more for each day of the year, and these are contained in a database that's searchable by date by using the pull-down menu provided below.

Sounded pretty simple when we dreamed up the idea. In reality, it took a ton of time, but in the process we found some fascinating information. It will be a project always being updated.

A lot of people made this project possible. A list of those individuals and resources used to create this is provided at the bottom of this page.

Select a date using the pull-down below to search events of a day other than today:

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Today on this day in mandolin history, July 4 ...

1903 -
Charlie Monroe, brother of Bill Monroe, born in Rosine, Kentucky.
1911 -
Gibson of Kalamazoo, Michigan awarded U.S. Patent #996652 for pickguard clamp.
1942 -
Peter Rowan born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1961 -
First all-day bluegrass event staged in Luray, Virginia.

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Special thanks to the help provided by these individuals and various web resources used in the creation of this:

The Acoustic Music CompanyMandolin World HeadquatersAcoustic Vibes MusicJanet Davis MusicJustStrings.comThe Mandolin StoreElderly InstrumentsKEL AudioEastman MandolinsD'Addario StringsThe Music EmporiumFirst Quality MusicBreedlove MandolinsCollings Mandolins
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