I Like this Mandolin! It's the same year model as ME!
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I Like this Mandolin! It's the same year model as ME!
The peg head drilling angle is odd for a 1924. It looks more like 1922 or early 23 angle. Has it been "redrilled?" surely not!:confused:
Thanks Tom, for the update on my "29" Fern. I had some doubts about that myself, as I have seen others described with lower serial numbers and later dates. The "quality" you spoke of is similar to...
Does anyone know if this mandolin of Chris's once belonged to Benny Cain. When I visited him in 1972; he had a very nice Loar that had belonged to a mandolin orchestra player from Eldorado Kansas. ...
I remember Benny Having three Loars when I knew him in 1972. The fern you mentioned, as well as another Loar that was very well worn, (almost like Monroe's) and another Loar that had belonged to a...
Bluegrass Partners 1969-70
Bluegrass Partners (different group) 1971 1972
Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass 1972
A L Wood and the Smokey Ridge Boys, 1973
R C Harris & Blue Denim 1973...
I haven't played the Loar in question; but last year, I did play three different Loar instruments. two F5 mandolins, and an H5 Mandola. One of the mandolins was an April 1923, and the other was a...
I bought one a year or so ago for $1,500. My wife thought I was nuts. The case looked as though it had come over on Noah's Ark. I was almost inclined to agree with my wife; but now, I think I got...
At the time I spoke with Benny Cain, the going price was $2,500.00. I can remember
a few years earlier seeing one listed in BU for $ 1,600.00. I figure that around 1970-
1972, that a dollar would...
Speaking of Collectors, I visited Benny Cain in Falls Church, Virginia, in September 1972. He had three Loars, I tried to get him to sell me one, and he said as long as he played, he would need...
Hey Tony, How about calling it Rip Van Winkle, (Or some derivative thereof) After all, it has been asleep for 50 years? RCarrier73988